Orson Scott Card Biography Essay
Orson Scott Card Biography
The author of this book and many others, lead and interesting and fun life(at least for a mormon). Orson Card was born in Richland, Washington. He was born in 1951 which makes him about 54years old now. He grew up in many states such as California, Arizona, and Utah. His great grandfather was the founder of a mormon colony in Cardston, Canada. Scott Orson Card was named after his grandfather Orson Rega Card the 2nd generation of the mormon community in Cardston, Canada. When he was a little baby, Orson Card says that the Blackfoot indians which always came over to visit had actually saved his life(no details known).
When Orson was an infant his parents and him moved to San Meteo, California from their home …show more content…
They had to move their because his father got a job at Bringham Young University. While his father worked at the university, Orson attended Bringham Young High School, a private academy associated with the university. He graduated high school at the age of only 16. From there he won a Presidential Scholarship to BYU with an archeology major. After being tired of not having enough money from his small salary at BYU as a copy editor, he started writing a sci-fi book that would be one of the first best selling books that he has written. The book he was writing was called "Enders …show more content…
Card has also made a living by teaching occasional classes, doing workshops, and directing plays. But for the most part he got money to support his family by writing scripts for audiotapes that were produced by Living Scriptures of Ogden, Utah. In the mid-80's, he wrote screeplays for animated children's videos the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. At that time his books Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead had won the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has had several pieces of his work put into magazines such as: the short story "Gert Fram" in the july issue of The Ensign, and the novelet version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of
The author of this book and many others, lead and interesting and fun life(at least for a mormon). Orson Card was born in Richland, Washington. He was born in 1951 which makes him about 54years old now. He grew up in many states such as California, Arizona, and Utah. His great grandfather was the founder of a mormon colony in Cardston, Canada. Scott Orson Card was named after his grandfather Orson Rega Card the 2nd generation of the mormon community in Cardston, Canada. When he was a little baby, Orson Card says that the Blackfoot indians which always came over to visit had actually saved his life(no details known).
When Orson was an infant his parents and him moved to San Meteo, California from their home …show more content…
They had to move their because his father got a job at Bringham Young University. While his father worked at the university, Orson attended Bringham Young High School, a private academy associated with the university. He graduated high school at the age of only 16. From there he won a Presidential Scholarship to BYU with an archeology major. After being tired of not having enough money from his small salary at BYU as a copy editor, he started writing a sci-fi book that would be one of the first best selling books that he has written. The book he was writing was called "Enders …show more content…
Card has also made a living by teaching occasional classes, doing workshops, and directing plays. But for the most part he got money to support his family by writing scripts for audiotapes that were produced by Living Scriptures of Ogden, Utah. In the mid-80's, he wrote screeplays for animated children's videos the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. At that time his books Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead had won the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has had several pieces of his work put into magazines such as: the short story "Gert Fram" in the july issue of The Ensign, and the novelet version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of