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VJ Books Presents Author Orson Scott Card!

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card is the author of the widely read novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead. Devoured by adults and younger readers alike, the acclaimed novels are increasingly used in schools.

He has recently released the novel Wakers, the first novel of a brand new series that follows a teen who wakes up on an abandoned Earth to discover that he’s a clone. Laz finds himself surrounded by hundreds of other clones, all dead, and quickly realizes that he too must be a clone of his original self. Laz has no idea what happened to the world he remembers as vibrant and bustling only yesterday, and he struggles to survive in the barren wasteland he’s now trapped in. But the question that haunts him isn’t why was he created, but instead, who woke him up…and why?

In addition to this and other science fiction novels such as his young adult Pathfinder series (Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors), Card writes contemporary fantasy (the Mithermages series, Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts, including his "freshened" Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice.

Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.

Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, where he remains an avid watcher and critic of film and television, as well as books and music.

You can find a signed copy of Wakers as well as a collection of other Orson Scott Card signed books below.

Orson Scott Card Book List and Awards
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Wakers
Signed First Edition

Wakers by Orson Scott Card

Duplex
Signed First Edition

Duplex by Orson Scott Card

The Last Shadow
Signed First Edition

The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Lost and Found
Signed First Edition

Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card

The Hive
Signed First Edition

The Hive by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card Bibliography


Micropowers Series

  1. Duplex - 2021

Worthing Chronicle Series

  1. Capitol - 1979
  2. Hot Sleep - 1979
  3. The Worthing Chronicle - 1983
  4. The Worthing Saga - 1990

Fleet Series

  1. Children of the Fleet - November 2017

Second Formic War Series

  1. The Swarm - 2016
  2. The Hive - June 2019

Ender Wiggin Series

  1. Ender's Game - 1985; Signed Gift Edition - September 2017
  2. Speaker for the Dead - 1985
  3. Xenocide - 1991
  4. Children of the Mind - 1996
  5. A War of Gifts - 2007
  6. Ender in Exile - 2008
  7. The Ender Wiggin Saga - omnibus - 1993
  8. Ender's Game Boxed Set - omnibus - 2002
  9. First Meetings: Four Stories from the Enderverse - 2002
  10. The Ender Quartet Box Set - omnibus - 2008
  11. Earth Afire - 2013
  12. Earth Awakens - 2014

Alvin Maker Series

  1. Seventh Son - 1987
  2. Red Prophet - 1988
  3. Prentice Alvin - 1989
  4. Alvin Journeyman - 1995
  5. Heartfire - 1998
  6. The Crystal City - 2003
  7. Hatrack River - 1988
  8. Tales of Alvin Maker: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Prentice Alvin - omnibus - 1995
  9. Alvin Wandering - omnibus - 1998

Maps in a Mirror Series

  1. Maps in a Mirror Vol 1 - 1990
  2. The Changed Man - 1992
  3. Flux - 1992
  4. Cruel Miracles - 1992
  5. Monkey Sonatas - 1993

Homecoming Series

  1. The Memory of Earth - 1992
  2. The Call of Earth - 1992
  3. The Ships of Earth - 1994
  4. Earthfall - 1995
  5. Earthborn - 1995
  6. Harmony - omnibus - 1994
  7. Earth - omnibus - 1995

Mayflower Series - with Kathryn H Kidd

  1. Lovelock - 1994

Shadow Saga Series

  1. Ender's Shadow - 1999
  2. Shadow of the Hegemon - 2000
  3. Shadow Puppets - 2002
  4. Shadow of the Giant - 2005
  5. Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon - omnibus - 2002
  6. Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets - omnibus - 2003
  7. The Ender's Shadow Series Box Set - omnibus - 2008
  8. The Last Shadow - 2021

Women of Genesis Series

  1. Sarah - 1999
  2. Rebekah - 2001
  3. Rachel and Leah - 2004

Empire Series

  1. Empire - 2006
  2. Hidden Empire - 2009

Mithermages Series

  1. The Lost Gate - 2008
  2. The Gate Thief - 2013
  3. Gatefather - 2015

Serpent World Series

  1. Pathfinder - 2010
  2. Visitors - 2014

Other Novels

  • Songmaster - 1978
  • A Planet Called Treason - 1979 aka Treason
  • Hart's Hope - 1982
  • Saints - 1984 aka A Woman of Destiny
  • Wyrms - 1987
  • The Abyss - 1989 - with James Cameron
  • The Folk of the Fringe - 1989
  • Eye for Eye - 1990
  • Lost Boys - 1992
  • Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus - 1996
  • Treasure Box - 1996
  • Stone Tables - 1997
  • Homebody - 1998
  • Enchantment - 1999
  • Magic Mirror - 1999
  • Robota - 2003 - with Doug Chiang
  • Magic Street - 2005
  • The Space Boy - 2007
  • Invasive Procedures - 2007 - with Aaron Johnston
  • Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases - 2008 - writing as Scott Richards
  • Lost and Found - September 2019
  • Wakers - 2022

Omnibus

  • Eye for Eye / The Tunesmith - 1990 - with Lloyd Biggle Jr

Collections

  • Unaccompanied Sonata: And Other Stories - 1981
  • Cardography - 1987
  • Maps in the Mirror - 1990
  • Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life - 1994
  • The Elephants of Posnan: And Other Stories - 2001
  • Angles: And Other Stories - 2002
  • An Open Book - poems - 2004
  • Posing as People: Three Plays, Three Stories - 2005
  • Keeper of Dreams - 2008

Graphic Novels

  • Ultimate Iron Man - 2006
  • Wyrms Graphic Novel - 2006
  • Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 1 - 2007
  • Ultimate Iron Man II - 2008
  • Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 2 - 2008

Novellas

  • Stonefather - 2008

Anthologies Edited

  • Dragons of Light - 1980
  • Dragons of Darkness - 1981
  • The Best Science Fiction of 1987 - 1988 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1988 - 1989 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 1988 - 1989 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction Value Collection 1 - 1990 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 - 1990
  • The Best Horror Stories of the Year, 1989 - 1990 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • The Best Mystery Stories of the Year Mystery 1989 - 1990 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, 1989 - 1990
  • Future on Fire - 1991
  • Best Science Fiction Value Collection 2 - 1991 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year - 1992 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Third Annual Best Horror Stories of the Year - 1993 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Third Annual Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year - 1993 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Black Mist - 1997 - with Keith Ferrell
  • Future on Ice - 1998
  • The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy - 1999 - with Arthur C Clarke
  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century - 2001
  • Best Fantasy Value Collection 3 - 2001 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Best Horror Value Collection 2 - 2001
  • Best Horror Value Collection 3 - 2001 - with Martin H Greenberg
  • Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology - 2002 - with Keith Olexa
  • Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2 - 2003
  • Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show - 2008 - with Edmund R Schubert

Non-Fiction

  • Listen, Mom and Dad - 1978
  • Ainge - 1981
  • Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary - 1981
  • How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Bestselling Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer Shares - 1984
  • Characters and Viewpoint - 1988
  • A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches - 1993
  • How to Write a Million - 1995
  • Lies to Live By - 2005
  • The Great Snape Debate - 2007 - with Amy Berner and Joyce Millman - see J K Rowling
  • The Authorized Ender Companion - 2009 - with Jake Black
  • The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy - 2010

Anthologies containing stories by Orson Scott Card

  • The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 2 - 1980
  • New Dimensions 10 - 1980
  • The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 - 1980
  • Dragons of Darkness - 1981
  • Dragons of Darkness - 1981
  • Fantasy Annual III - 1981
  • Nebula Winners 15 - 1981
  • The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book - 1983
  • The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction - 1983
  • The First Omni Book of Science Fiction - 1984
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection - 1985
  • Nebula Awards 21 - 1986
  • A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade - 1987
  • Nebula Awards 22 - 1987
  • Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 - 1987
  • A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 - 1990
  • Future Earths : Under South American Skies - 1993
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction - 1993
  • Strange Dreams - 1993
  • Visions of Wonder - 1996
  • Dragons: The Greatest Stories - 1997
  • A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic - 1997
  • Future on Ice - 1998
  • Legends - 1998
  • Children of the Night - 1999
  • Far Horizons - 1999

Short Stories

  • Ender's Game - 1977
  • I Put My Blue Genes On - 1978
  • Mikal's Songbird - 1978
  • The Bully and the Beast - 1979
  • Closing the Timelid - 1979
  • Deep Breathing Exercises - 1979
  • Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory - 1979
  • Kingsmeat - 1979
  • The Monkey's Thought 'Twas All in Fun' - 1979
  • Mortal Gods - 1979
  • Quietus - 1979
  • Sandmagic - 1979
  • Songhouse - 1979
  • Unaccompanied Sonata - 1979
  • A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon - 1980
  • Fat Farm - 1980
  • Holy - 1980
  • The Princess and the Bear - 1980
  • St. Amy's Tale - 1980
  • Middle Woman - 1981 - writing as Byron Walley
  • A Plague of Butterflies - 1981
  • The Porcelain Salamander - 1981
  • A Sepulcher of Songs - 1981
  • The Best Day - 1984
  • The Fringe - 1985
  • Hatrack River - 1986
  • Salvage - 1986
  • America - 1987
  • Eye for Eye - 1987
  • Dogwalker - 1989
  • Lost Boys - 1989
  • Grinning Man - 1998

Orson Scott Card Awards

  • ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2008
  • Lifetime Achievement Award for Mormon writers - Whitney Awards
  • 1978 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from the World Science Fiction Convention, citing the "Ender's Game" novelette
  • 1981 Songmaster: Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award, 1981
  • 1984 Saints: Book of the Year by the Association for Mormon Letters
  • 1985 Ender's Game: Nebula Award, 1985; Hugo Award, 1986; Hamilton-Brackett Award, 1986; SF Chronicle Readers Poll, 1986
  • 1986 Speaker for the Dead; Nebula Award, 1986, Hugo Award, 1987; Locus Award, 1987; SF Chronicle Readers Poll Award 87
  • 1987 "Eye for Eye": Hugo Award, 1988; "Japanese Hugo". 1989
  • 1987 "Hatrack River": Nebula nominee, 1986, Hugo nominee, 1987, World Fantasy Award winner, 1987
  • 1988 Seventh Son: Hugo and WFA nominee, 1988; Mythopoeic Society Award 1988; Locus Award winner, 1988
  • 1989 Red Prophet: Hugo nominee, 1988; Nebula Nominee, 1989; Locus winner, 1989
  • 1991 How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy - Writer's Digest Books, 90: Hugo Award
  • 1995 Alvin Journeyman: Locus Award winner, 1996

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