Octavia Butler

Writer

Octavia Butler grew up in California and started writing science fiction stories when she was a young girl. She began getting published in the 1970s, then won a Hugo award for her short story, "Speech Sounds" in 1983. A year later Butler won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for her novella "Bloodchild." Her novels include Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents and Fledgling.

Other science fiction authors include Philip K. Dick, J. G. Ballard, Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert.