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  • NAME: Octavia Estelle Butler
  • OCCUPATION: Author
  • BIRTH DATE: June 22, 1947
  • DEATH DATE: February 24, 2006
  • EDUCATION: Pasadena City College, California State University, University of California at Los Angeles
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Author Octavia E. Butler is remembered for her novels, which blended science fiction with African American spiritualism.


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Octavia E. Butler was born on June 22, 1947, in Pasadena, California. She studied at several universities and began her writing career in the 1970s. Her books blended elements of science fiction and African American spiritualism. Patternmaster was her first novel and led a five-volume series. She continued to write and publish until her death on February 24, 2006, in Seattle Washington.

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