Born in Riceland, Washington, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. As one of the nation's most acclaimed and best-selling authors, he has received numerous awards. His novel Stone Tables was honored by Booklist as one of its top 10 Christian novels for 1999. Card's Sarah: Women of Genesis was the first book in a trilogy about women of the Bible, and the second installment in that series, Rebekah, will be released this fall. He currently lives with his wife Kristine and family in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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