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Orson Scott Card was born on August 24th, 1951 in Richland Washington. The third of six children, Card grew up in California and served as a missionary in the LDS church in Brazil.

Card graduated from Brigham Young University and attended the University of Utah and the University of Notre Dame.

It was during his time at Brigham Young that he began writing.

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He began writing poetry and his own plays many of which were produced by the college. While working at the college's paper, Card began dabbling in science fiction and wrote one of his most famous novels 'Ender's Game' as a short story.

He later adapted the story into a full-length novel and it was purchased by the magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact and published in an issue in August of 1977. During this time, he was also writing short audio plays on the history of the LDS church and their gospel as well as working as an associate editor for the Ensign, the church's official magazine.

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