Octavia E. Butler
11 SeriesOctavia E. Butler was a pioneering science-fiction author, notably the first in her genre to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. She is best known for her novel "Kindred" and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998 for "Parable of the Talents." Butler also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing from the PEN American Center and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
In Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower," the first book of the Earthseed series, Lauren Olamina navigates a dystopian future ravaged by drugs, disease, war, and water shortages. Living in a protected enclave near Los Angeles, Lauren, who suffers from hyperempathy, dreams of a better world. Her life changes dramatically when a fire destroys her community, forcing her into the perilous outside world. Determined and resilient, Lauren sets out to fight for her vision of a hopeful future.
