Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist. He is best known for his science fiction works. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won the Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. He also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes.

Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writings; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism. Born in Richland, Washington, he grew up in Utah and California. As a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil and headed a community theater for two summers.

Card has written over 50 novels and 45 short stories. He teaches English at Southern Virginia University and has written two books on creative writing. He also serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest and conducts literary boot camps. Card remains a practicing member of the LDS Church, and his works have influenced many Mormon fiction writers like Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton.