Octavia E. Butler

Writing

Born: 1947-06-22
Died: 2006-02-24
From: Pasadena, California, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Octavia Estelle Butler

Biography

Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Butler found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction. She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become sufficiently successful as an author that she was able to pursue writing full-time. Her books and short stories drew the favorable attention of the public and awards soon followed. She also taught writer's workshops, and eventually relocated to Washington state. Butler died of a stroke at the age of 58. Her papers are held in the research collection of the Huntington Library. Description above from the Wikipedia article Octavia E. Butler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations12 won · 19 nominated

Nominated

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story

Bloodchild

2023
🏆 Won

National Women's Hall of Fame

2022
🏆 Won

Ignyte Award for Best Comics Team

2021
🏆 Won

Premi Ictineu

2020
Nominated

Theodore Sturgeon Award

Childfinder

2015
🏆 Won

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

2010
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Fledgling

2006
🏆 Won

Langston Hughes Medal

2005
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Amnesty

2004
Nominated

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Parable of the Talents

2001
🏆 Won

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Parable of the Talents

2000
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Parable of the Talents

1999
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Bloodchild and Other Stories

1996
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Parable of the Sower

1995
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Parable of the Sower

1995
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Imago

1990
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Adulthood Rites

1989
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

1988
Nominated

Theodore Sturgeon Award

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

1988
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Dawn

1988
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

1988
🏆 Won

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Bloodchild

1985
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Bloodchild

1985
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Bloodchild

1985
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Clay's Ark

1985
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Speech Sounds

1984
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Speech Sounds

1984
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Wild Seed

1981
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Kindred

1980
🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

🏆 Won

Bram Stoker Award for Best Graphic Novel