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Octavia Butler: Eye on the Stars, Feet on the Ground

NPR | By Sharon Ball
Published March 4, 2006 at 3:26 PM CST
Octavia Butler
Miriam Berkley
Octavia Butler

Novelist Octavia Butler died this week at age 58. She was the first black woman to succeed in the science fiction genre. She was a private person who loved good conversation.

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