Orson Scott Card is the world-renowned author of a number of popular book series including the Ender saga, The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Homecoming Saga, and the young adult Pathfinder series. He has written in a wide variety of genres including contemporary fantasy, science fiction, biblical novels, frontier fantasy, poetry, and scripts. Born in Washington, he grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah and served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches classes at Southern Virginia University and directs plays. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, where his primary activities are writing a review column for the local Rhinoceros Times and feeding birds, squirrels, chipmunks, possums, and raccoons on the patio.