Octavia Butler
The official site of the Pen Lifetime Achievement and MacArthur award winning writer
“Butler is among the best of contemporary [science fiction] writers, blessed with a mind capable of conceiving complicated futuristic situations that shed considerable light on our current affairs. Her prose is lean and literate, her ideas expansive and elegant.”
- -Houston Post
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Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into the Story (NPR’s Code Switch)
“Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories” exhibition runs through August 7, 2017 at the Huntington Library
John Jennings talks with Flavorwire about adapting Kindred in Comic form
Seven Stories Press releases new hardcover editions of Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents!
New York Times Book Review calls the graphic adaptation of Kindred “a worthy and powerful supplement to a classic.”
Adulthood Rites
Learn about this and others in the books section.Scholarship Fund
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship enables writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. Visit the fund page for more info.
Home
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Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into the Story (NPR’s Code Switch)
“Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories” exhibition runs through August 7, 2017 at the Huntington Library
John Jennings talks with Flavorwire about adapting Kindred in Comic form
Seven Stories Press releases new hardcover editions of Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents!
New York Times Book Review calls the graphic adaptation of Kindred “a worthy and powerful supplement to a classic.”