Butler Scholarship was established in her memory in 2006, providing scholarships for young people of color to attend the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, where Butler herself began writing science fiction. For years the only prominent African-American woman writing science fiction, Butler has encouraged many others to follow in her path.
“I write about people who do extraordinary things,” Butler has said, “it just turns out that it was called science fiction.” Her novels and stories have reached readers of all ages, all races, and all religious and sexual persuasions. Not merely a prophet of dystopia, Butler also wrote of the ways human beings might subvert their dismal destiny. flag All Votes Add Books To This List 16 books 50 voters list created May 29th, 2011 by deleted user. Butler Please only vote for and add books written by the author Octavia E. She was also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing. Butler (16 books) Discover new books on Goodreads Meet your next favorite book Join Goodreads Listopia Best of Octavia E. 1995, Butler was awarded a MacArthur Foundation. She won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998 for her book, Parable of the Talents. Her work includes Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Fledgling, and the short story collection Bloodchild. A 1995 MacArthur Genius Award winner, Butler transcended the science fiction category even as she was awarded that community’s top prizes, including the Nebula and Hugo Awards. Octavia Butler: Biography The following year, Butler published Kindred (1979), her first stand-alone novel. BUTLER (1947–2006) is recognized as among the bravest and smartest of late twentieth century fiction writers. A writer who imagined the dark future we have chosen for ourselves in book after book, OCTAVIA E.
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