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Octavia ButlerWriter
Born: 22 June 1947 Died: 24 February 2006 Birthplace: Pasadena, California Best known as: African-American feminist Science Fiction author 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. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Octavia Butler from Infoplease:
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