Then, in 1993, she published Parable of the Sower, a new novel set in a near-future California. At times, she accompanied her mother to her clients’ homes, where her mother was often treated poorly by her White employers.īutler took a few years off from publishing new work between 19. For the rest of her childhood, she was raised by her mother and her maternal grandmother, both of whom were strict Baptists. When Butler was only 7 years old, her father died. She was the first and only child of Octavia Margaret Guy, who was a housemaid, and Laurice James Butler, who worked as a shoeshine man. Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, in 1947.

Selected Honors: Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1984), Nebula Award for Best Novelette (1984), Locus Award for Best Novelette (1985), Hugo Award for Best Novelette (1985), Science Fiction Chronicle Award for Best Novelette (1985 1988), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1999), Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2010).

I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”

Notable Quote: “I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open.Education: Pasadena City College, California State University, University of California at Los Angeles.Died: Februin Lake Forest Park, Washington.Parents: Octavia Margaret Guy and Laurice James Butler.Known For: Black American science fiction author.

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