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Octavia ButlerWriter
Born: 22 June 1947 Died: 24 February 2006 Birthplace: Pasadena, California Best known as: The African-American feminist science fiction author who won a MacArthur "genius" grant Octavia Butler grew up in California and started writing science fiction stories when she was a young girl. She began getting published in the 1970s, then won a Hugo award for her short story, "Speech Sounds" in 1983. A year later Butler won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for her novella "Bloodchild." Her novels include Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents and Fledgling. In 1995 she was recognized with a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship -- more commonly known as a "genius grant" -- for her writing skills and career. Copyright © 1998-2012 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Octavia Butler from Infoplease:
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