Sometimes I write to keep from going crazy. There’s a world… - Octavia E. Butler

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Sometimes I write to keep from going crazy. There’s a world of things I don’t feel free to talk to anyone about.

Octavia E. Butler

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Octavia E. Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of the very few African-American women in the field.

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Birth Name: Octavia Estelle Butler

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Sometimes I write to keep from going crazy. There’s a world of things I don’t feel free to talk to anyone about. - Octavia E. Butler

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