Octavia E. Butler

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER was a renowned African American author and became the first science-fiction writer, and one of the first Black women, to receive a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship grant in 1995. Born in Pasadena in 1947, she was raised by her mother and her grandmother.  She was the author of several award-winning novels including PARABLE OF THE SOWER (1993), which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (1995) winner of the Nebula Award for the best science fiction novel published that year. She was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future.

Learn more about Octavia Butler and her work at www.octaviabutler.com.