OCTAVIA E. BUTLER SERIES

ButlerвЂ™s website lists 11 awards for her writing spanning the years 1980 through 2012.

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER SERIES

вЂњStories including Bloodchild (1984) and the Parable series (1993-1998) resonated so strongly with readers of all backgrounds that Butler was the recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards,вЂќ according to Google. Butler Was Honored Many Times for Her Work The scholarship site describes her as вЂњa brilliant African American writer who broke barriers with her courageous and profoundly truthful books and stories.вЂќДЈ. There is a scholarship in her name that provides writers of color the opportunity to attend writing workshops. вЂњDuring 19, she studied at the ScreenwriterвЂ™s Guild Open Door Program and the Clarion Science Fiction WritersвЂ™ Workshop, where she took a class with science fiction master Harlan Ellison (who later became her mentor), and which led to Butler selling her first science fiction stories.вЂќ вЂњShe received an Associate of Arts degree in 1968 from Pasadena Community College, and also attended California State University in Los Angeles and the University of California, Los Angeles,вЂќ her websiteвЂ™s biography reads. SheвЂ™s credited with using the science fiction realm to expose real-life issues involving race and power imbalances.ДЄccording to her website, Butler was a highly educated woman. вЂњShe struggled for decades when her dystopian novels exploring themes of Black injustice, global warming, womenвЂ™s rights and political disparity were not in commercial demand,вЂќ reads her Facebook biography. In it, вЂњa 20th-century African American woman is pulled back in time to the antebellum South, where she must save a white plantation owner who is her ancestor,вЂќ the newspaper reported.Д«utler faced вЂњinstitutional racism and segregation throughout her life, these experiences influenced her writing and thus shone a light on critical social issues,вЂќ reported Google. She considered herself to have three central audiences - black readers, feminists, and fans of science fiction - and challenged herself to create a body of work that was accessible to all of them.вЂќДЄccording to The Los Angeles Times, Kindred is her best-selling book. Butler Triumphed Over Institutional RacismД«utler was a trailblazer in a вЂњgenre historically populated by only white male protagonists,вЂќ Google noted, adding that Butler вЂњcreated characters that she, and millions of others, could identify with. When her mother bought her a typewriter at the age of ten, Butler also discovered her passion and talent for writing.вЂќ According to her Facebook bio, Butler вЂњwas raised by her mother (a housemaid) and her grandmother.вЂќ The Los Angeles Times reports that she was the вЂњdaughter of a shoe-shiner and a maid.вЂќД«utlerвЂ™s grandmother ran a chicken farm, according to The Times, with no вЂњelectricity, telephone or running water.вЂќ In later years, her home was in Seattle.Дў.

вЂњThere, she discovered her love for science fiction. вЂњHer extreme shyness, tall build, and mild dyslexia all contributed to young ButlerвЂ™s social anxiety, which led to her spending a significant amount of time in the local library,вЂќ Google wrote. Octavia Estelle Butler was born on Jin Pasadena, California. I'm a few hours early, but Happy Birthday #OctaviaButler Google her! /umgGnFA8lZ

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