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Kindred - Octavia Butler. Parable Of The Sower- Ch 1, 2, & 3. Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler. Bloodchild - Octavia E. Butler. Wikipedia - Octavia E. Butler. American science fiction writer (1947–2006) Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.[2][3] Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Butler found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing.
She began writing science fiction as a teenager. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop, was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction.[4][5] Early life[edit] Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, the only child of Octavia Margaret Guy, a housemaid, and Laurice James Butler, a shoeshine. I began writing about power because I had so little. —Octavia E. —Octavia E. Rise to success[edit] Who am I? —Octavia E. Why read Octavia E. Butler?