Octavia Butler
The official site of the Pen Lifetime Achievement and MacArthur award winning writer
“Butler’s books are exceptional. . . . She is a realist, writing the most detailed social criticism and creating some of the most fascinating female characters in the genre . . . real women caught in impossible situations.”
- -Dorothy Allison, Village Voice
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Ava DuVernay, Charles D. King’s Macro, and Victoria Mahoney Adapting Dawn for Television (Deadline, August 9, 2017)
Octavia Butler's Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again” (The New Yorker, July 26, 2017)
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
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Parable of the Talents (New Edition)
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
News
Ava DuVernay, Charles D. King’s Macro, and Victoria Mahoney Adapting Dawn for Television (Deadline, August 9, 2017)
Octavia Butler's Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again” (The New Yorker, July 26, 2017)
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
More news on Octavia Butler.