Orson Scott Card is an American writer. You can read more about him and his works here . His writings have been introduced to me by someone else (Thank You! :-)) I must admit, Sci-Fi was never really my bookshelf’s belongings. But this one…Normally I would read a story and somewhere in the middle, if lucky (or in the beginning of it) I would already predict how it will end. And if the story wouldn’t hold any meanings apart from plot, I’d just lose interest.
With Card’s stories this is different. You think, you know what will happened in the end, but when you’ll get to the end, it’s all different. Although, this last one, Xenocide, appeared to be much more predictable…perhaps that’s why I liked it less then the other two…
His short stories are good as well (if interested, you can read them from same site )