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Orson Scott Card
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American science fiction novelist (born 1951)

Also known as: Brian Green, Byron S. Walley, Byron Walley, Dinah Kirkham, Ender Wiggin, Frederick Bliss

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Known works

  • Ender's Game
  • Speaker for the Dead
  • Ender's Shadow
  • Ender's war
  • Xenocide