| Octavia Butler  AKA Octavia Estelle Butler
Born: 22-Jun-1947
Birthplace: Pasadena, CA
Died: 24-Feb-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: Novelist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Patternmaster (Photo credit: Copyright Miriam Berkley, all rights reserved.) Father: Laurice Butler
Mother: Octavia M. "Guy" Butler
University: AA, Pasadena City College (1968)
University: Cal State Los Angeles
University: University of California at Los Angeles
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, novel, Patternist)
Mind of My Mind (1977, novel, Patternist)
Survivor (1978, novel, Patternist)
Kindred (1979, novel)
Wild Seed (1980, novel, Patternist)
Clay's Ark (1984, novel, Patternist)
Dawn (1987, novel, Xenogenesis Trilogy)
Adulthood Rites (1988, novel, Xenogenesis Trilogy)
Imago (1989, novel, Xenogenesis Trilogy)
Parable of the Sower (1994, novel, Parable)
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995, short stories)
Parable of the Talents (1998, novel, Parable)
Lilith's Brood (2000, the three Xenogenesis Trilogy books)
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