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Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) is the New York Times best-selling author of many novels, including Dawn, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. She was the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, a PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award, 2 Nebula Awards, and 3 Hugo Awards, among others.
A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail. -Stephen Kearse, New York Times This powerful novel about a modern black woman transported back in time to a slave plantation in the antebellum South is the perfect introduction to Butler's work and perspectives for those not usually enamored of science fiction. . . . A harrowing, haunting story. -John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reading Octavia Butler taught me to dream big, and I think it's absolutely necessary that everybody have that freedom and that willingness to dream. -N. K. Jemisin Octavia Butler is a writer who will be with us for a long, long time, and Kindred is that rare magical artifact . . . the novel one returns to, again and again. -Harlan Ellison In Kindred, Octavia Butler creates a road for the impossible and a balm for the unbearable. It is everything the literature of science fiction can be. -Walter Mosley One of the most original, thought-provoking works examining race and identity. -Lynell George, Los Angeles Times A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery. -Sherley Anne Williams, Ms.
