Born: June 22nd, 1947
Birthplace: Pasadena, CA
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: Writer
Nationality: United States
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
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
Additional Information:
“Octavia Butler.” NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Soylent Communications, 2013. Web. <http://www.nndb.com/people/373/000026295/>.
“Octavia E. Butler.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Sept. 2013. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler>.