What) Orson Scott
Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American author, critic,
public speaker and political activist. He writes in several
genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His
novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead
(1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only
author to win both of American science fiction's top prizes in
consecutive years. He is also known as a political commentator
and as an advocate for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, of which he has been a lifelong practicing
member, and as a political commentator on many issues. (1)
Where) 401 Willoughby Boulevard
Why) I have read the majority Card's fictional work and my favourite novels include A Planet Called Treason (1978), Songmaster (1979), Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980), The Worthing Chronicle (1983), Ender's Game (1985), Speaker for the Dead (1986), Wyrms (1987), Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990), Xenocide (1991) and Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996).
These books
have taught me a lot about humans. In fact there was a
time about seven years ago
when I seriously considered making a sort of pilgrimage to his
house and offering my services for a few days (perhaps mowing
the lawn or cleaning the gutters) as a dramatic way of saying
thanks for all that I had gotten from his work. I never
ended up making that trip then and I don't feel the same way
now so this trip is really about remembering all of that in a
pleasant and non threatening (to him) way. 
