Octavia Butler 2006 Deaths

Octavia Butler

Age: 58

novelist whose science-fiction novels often featured strong-willed Black women as protagonists. She won two Hugo and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first science-fiction writer to win a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. Her books include Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, and Fledgling.

Died: Lake Forest Park, Wash., Feb. 24, 2006