Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler died yesterday after a fall at her home. She was 58.

Butler was a brilliant writer of science fiction, one of the few African-American women in the field, and the first writer of genre fiction to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award. She is well known for her books Lilith's Brood, Parable of the Sower, and Kindred, among others.

I'll link to remembrances as they come in.

(Via Boing Boing)

Links:

· A good set of links at And We Shall March (via Feministe)

· Butler was an alum of Pasadena City College, where Hugo teaches.

· From the Seattle Post Intelligencer

· From the Chicago Tribune

Posted by Cleis at February 26, 2006 10:08 PM