Mormon Literature -- Who's Who

See the more complete entry for Orson Scott Card at the new Mormon Literature Database.

Orson Scott Card, who lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, is a major figure in current science fiction and fantasy writing. His many novels include Ender's Game (TOR, 1985) and Speaker for the Dead (TOR, 1986), both of which won the science fiction community's highest honors, the Hugo and Nebula awards.

Although less known to his national audience, Card's Mormon writings and his role in Mormon letters have been significant. He is the owner of Hatrack River Publications, a publishing company specifically dedicated to publishign LDS fiction. He has written Mormon historical fiction in his book, Saints (TOR, 1988), a mainstream novel based on a Mormon family, Lost Boys (HarperCollins, 1992), and has authored two very popular series of fantasy novels based on Mormon history and scripture: "The Tales of Alvin Maker" series and the "Homecoming" series (see below). He is also the author of Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary (Orion Books, 1981), and a volume of Mormon critical essays, A Storyteller in Zion (Bookcraft, 1993). Card has received the 1991 Association for Mormon Letters award in fiction for his novel Xenocide (TOR, 1991)

The Tales of Alvin Maker

1. The Seventh Son (TOR, 1987)
2. The Red Prophet (TOR, 1988)
3. Prentice Alvin (TOR, 1989)
4. Journeyman Alvin (TOR, 1995)

Homecoming Series

1. The Memory of Earth (TOR, 1994)
2. The Call of Earth (TOR, 1994)
3. The Ships of Earth (TOR, 1995)
4. Earthfall (TOR, 1996)
5. Earthborn (TOR, 1996)

• Hatrack River The Official Website of Orson Scott Card

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