Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006) is the grande dame of the group of African-American women writing in the field of science and speculative fiction (others include Tananarive Due and Nalo Hopkinson). She received the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grant" (1995) and won the Hugo and Nebula Awards several times.

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Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006) is the grande dame of the group of African-American women writing in the field of science and speculative fiction (others include Tananarive Due and Nalo Hopkinson). She received the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grant" (1995) and won the Hugo and Nebula Awards several times.

Her work is classically American, addressing themes of alienation and transcendence; violence and spirituality; slavery and freedom; and separation and community... among others. Not only is it classic, but it is also timeless. In short, Butler is deep.

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