I write about people who do extraordinary things. It just turned out that it was called science fiction. — Octavia (image by Joshua Trujillo for the AP) The first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur Genius Grant, and one of the most respected women in the field. Octavia wrote rich, thrilling sagas that featured women of color as heroic protagonists — she called it, "writing herself in."
A Woman to Know: Octavia E. Butler
A Woman to Know: Octavia E. Butler
A Woman to Know: Octavia E. Butler
I write about people who do extraordinary things. It just turned out that it was called science fiction. — Octavia (image by Joshua Trujillo for the AP) The first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur Genius Grant, and one of the most respected women in the field. Octavia wrote rich, thrilling sagas that featured women of color as heroic protagonists — she called it, "writing herself in."