Octavia Butler’s Author Profile:

Birth Name: Octavia Estelle Butler

Born: June 22nd, 1947 | Birthplace: Pasadena, CA

Octavia Butler | Google Doodle | Public Domain, June 22, 2018

Died: February 24th, 2006

Location of death: Lake Forest Park, WA

Cause of death: Accident – Fall

Remains: Buried, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, CA

Gender: Female

Race or Ethnicity: Black

Occupation: Novalist

Nationality: United States

Father: Laurice Butler

Mother: Octavia M. “Guy” Butler

Education: AA, Pasadena City College (1968), Cal State Los Angeles, University of California at Los Angeles

Awards:

• Hugo – 1984 Best Short Story, for Speech Sounds
• Hugo – 1985 Best Novelette, for Bloodchild
• Nebula – 1985 Best Novelette, for Bloodchild
• Nebula – 2000 Best Novel, for Parable of the Talents
• Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame – 2009
• Dean for America
• MacArthur Fellowship – 1995

Author of books:

• Patternmaster – 1976
• Mind of My Mind – 1977
• Survivor – 1978
• Kindred – 1979
• Wild Seed – 1980
• Clay’s Ark – 1984
• Dawn – 1987
• Adulthood Rites – 1988
• Imago – 1989
• Parable of the Sower – 1994
• Bloodchild and Other Stories – 1995
• Parable of the Talents – 1998
• Lilith’s Brood – 2000

Further Information 

Watch Interview with Octavia E. Butler, * Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler on Race, Global Warming and Religion, Democracy Now! : https://archive.org/details/dn2005-1111_vid

“Octavia E. Butler.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Sept. 2013. Web. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler.

Margalit Fox, “Octavia E. Butler, Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 58,” New York Times. March 1, 2006, http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/butler_octavia_estelle.html