OctaviaButler.net A fan blog for Octavia E. Butler, writer.

The photograph of Octavia is by Milbert Orlando Brown. The obituary, published on Slate.com, is by Tyler Cowen. Read it here: Octavia Butler: The outsider who changed science fiction.

Photo by Monica Jones/ Courtesy of the College of New York. From the article entitled, "All That She Touched". A moving, personal article by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due in Black Issues Book Review; May/Jun2006, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p18-19, 2p.

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"Octavia Estelle Butler signing a copy of Fledgling after speaking and answering questions from the audience. The event was part of a promotional tour for the book."

By Nikolas Coukouma.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Butler_signing.jpg

"Miriam Berkley" "During her writing career, Butler received many awards, including the MacArthur "genius" grant." Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-27-butler-obit_x.htm

"Photo by Beth Gwinn" http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/06/Butler.html

“Octavia Butler won the highest honors in science fiction writing, the Nebula and Hugo awards. Photo Credit: Cheung Ching Ming” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/02/27/PH2006022701489.html

“Octavia Butler was one of the Northwest’s most prominent science fiction writers. (February 26, 2006) Credit: Joshua Trujillo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer” http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=85382