At A Glance: 13 Legendary Octavia E. Butler Facts

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At A Glance: 13 Legendary Octavia E. Butler Facts

If you haven't read Octavia E. Butler's work before, let this serve as a fun wake-up call. Her award-winning writing has only become more relevant with time. She passed away in 2006 when public interest in her books was just on the rise and has since risen to mainstream attention, outside of the limiting genres of science-fiction, Black, or feminist writing. 

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER She was inspired to start writing sci-fi after watching a bad movie. GIRL DEVIL MARS FROM When she was 12, she saw Devil Girl From Mars and decided she could write something better than that. CRACKED.COM

Source: MIT

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Butler graduated from Pasadena City College with an Associates degree Butler's mother only had three years of education but worked hard to make sure Butler could go to school. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yale

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER While writing, she held lots of horrible little jobs UTOMATE While she was submitting short stories, she worked odd jobs like warehouse worker, dishwasher, and even potato chip inspector. CRACKED.COM

Source: NPR

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER She read up to seven books at a time An outspoken advocate for literacy, she would have four or five books open at a time and listen to two audio tapes on daily walks. CRACKED.COM

Source: MIT

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Fourteen years after her death, she made it onto the NYT Best Seller List lackie FROWN Coluns FIRST ORDER BOSS AMERICA DISCOUNTS! Two JOHN Maria One of her life goals was to make it onto the New York Times Best Seller List. She achieved this in 2020, after dying at age 58 in 2006. CRACKED.COM

Source: LitHub

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Do the thing that you love and do it as well as you possibly can and be persistent about it. She lived by that motto, adding, I think it's really important to find a way to earn a living doing what you care about and trying to do as much good as you can. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yale

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