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A summary of Octavia E. Butler's life by Félix Babin, Gabriel Derrien, Blanche Morin, Marguerite Lamy and Guillaume Jacques.

                                                           Octavia E. Butler Born in Pasadena, California on the 22nd of June 1947, Octavia Estelle Butler was a famous writer back in the late 70s and early 80s. She was the daughter of Laurice James Butler and Octavia Margaret Guy Butler. Unfortunately, her father died when she was seven years old, and she was raised by her mother and her grandmother. She discovered her passion for science fiction after watching one of David MacDonald’s movies, which was Devil Girl from Mars. Science fiction then became the inspiration of all of her novels. She became successful in 1979 after publishing her fourth book out of the fifteen she wrote, entitled Kindred. She went to John Muir High School then went to Pasadena City College, but she was only doing night classes, and she graduated with an associate...