Octavia E. Butler

Octavia Estelle Butler (22 Jun 194724 Februari 2006) ialah seorang penulis dari Amerika Syarikat yang mengkhusus dalam genre cereka sains.

Biologi

Karya terpilih

Novel bersiri 
Siri Patternist
 Patternmaster (Doubleday, 1976) 
 Mind of My Mind (Doubleday, 1977)
 Survivor (Doubleday, 1978)
 Wild Seed (Doubleday, 1980)
 Clay's Ark (St. Martin's Press, 1984)
 Seed to Harvest (Grand Central Publishing 2007; omnibus excluding Survivor)

Siri Xenogenesis 
 Dawn (Warner, 1987)
 Adulthood Rites (Warner, 1988)
 Imago (Warner, 1989)
 Xenogenesis (Guild America Books, 1989) (an omnibus edition of Dawn, Adulthood Rites, & Imago)
 Lilith's Brood (Warner, 2000) (another omnibus edition of Dawn, Adulthood Rites, & Imago)

Siri Parable series (juga diberi tajuk siri Earthseed) 
 Parable of the Sower (Four Walls, Eight Windows, 1993)
 Parable of the Talents (Seven Stories Press, 1998)

Standalone novels 
 Kindred (Doubleday, 1979)
 Fledgling (Seven Stories Press, 2005)

Koleksi cerita pendek 
Bloodchild and Other Stories (Four Walls, Eight Windows, 1995; Seven Stories Press, 2005 termasuk "Amnesty" dan "The Book of Martha")
Unexpected Stories (2014, including "A Necessary Being" and "Childfinder")

Anugerah dan kehoramatan
 1980: Creative Arts Award, L.A. YWCA
 1984: Anugerah Hugo untuk Cerita Pendek Terbaik – "Speech Sounds"
 1984: Hadiah Nebula untuk Novel Kecil Terbaik – "Bloodchild"
 1985: Anugerah Locus untuk Novel Kecil Terbaik – "Bloodchild"
 1985: Anugerah Hugo untuk Novel Kecil Terbaik – "Bloodchild"
 1985: Anugerah Science Fiction Chronicle untuk Novel Kecil Terbaik – "Bloodchild"
 1988: Anugerah Science Fiction Chronicle untuk Novel Kecil Terbaik – "The Evening and the Morning and the Night"
 1995: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant
 1998: Publishers Weekly Best '98 Books – Parable of the Talents
 1998: James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List– Parable of the Talents
 1999: Kerya Laris (Bestseller) Los Angeles Times – Parable of the Talents
 1999: Anugerah Nebula untuk Novel Terbaik – Parable of the Talents
 2001: Anugerah Arthur C. Clarke Shortlist – Parable of the Talents
 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing from the PEN American Center
 2005: Pingat Langston Hughes Medal of The City College
 2010: Inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame
 2012: Solstice Award  

Pada tahun 2018, sebuah kawah di satelit Pluto, Charon diberi nama Butler Mons oleh Kesatuan Astronomi Antarabangsa sempena meperingati beliau atas cadangan orang ramai serta pencalonan oleh NASA.

Rujukan

Pautan luar
 Octavia E. Butler Official Website 
 Profil dan gambar-gambar beliau oleh Perpustakaan Huntington.
 Octavia E. Butler - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

 Penulis Amerika Syarikat