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Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)
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Octavia Estelle Butler passed away at her Seattle, Washington home on
Saturday February 25, 2006.
An only child, she was born on June 22, 1947 in Pasadena, California.
Her father died when she was very young. Octavia attended school at
Pasadena City College, California State University, Los Angeles and UCLA.
Following participation in the Clarion Science Fiction Writers
Workshop, her first story, "Crossover" appeared in the 1971 Clarion
anthology. Additional sales were slow to develop but in time she
published nearly 20 novels and books. "Fledgling", her first novel in
seven years, was released in the fall of 2005.
Octavia received the PEN Center West Lifetime Achievement Award,
Nebula award and two Hugo Awards. In 1995 she was the recipient of a
$295,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.
She has been considered the most successful African American woman
writing in the science fiction genre.
My mind is like lightning, one brilliant flash and then it's gone.
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AUTHOR OF THIS MESSAGE
Corsair
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
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