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

Acting3 titles

8.5

Movie

Writing3 titles

10.0

Cartoon

Limbo of Roots

2025Sci-Fi

6.4

Series

Kindred

2022Drama

Movie

Parable of the Sower

2024Sci-Fi

Octavia E. Butler

Also Known As

Biography

Awards & Nominations12 won · 19 nominated

Acting3 titles

Yesterday's Tomorrows

The Last Angel of History

Black Sci-Fi

Writing3 titles

Limbo of Roots

Kindred

Parable of the Sower