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In 1968, Butler graduated from Pasadena City College with an AssociateвЂ™s degree in history. In fact, Butler won her first short story contest and first payment for writing in college. The science fiction genre was mainly controlled by white men. She chased a creative career that was unheard of for Black women at the time.

Only the BeginningД«utler started submitting short stories from the age of 13 and throughout high-school. She knew she could write better than anything sheвЂ™d ever seen or read. At nine, she knew she wanted to write science fiction. Butler would soon create her own fairy-tales and science fiction stories. Later on, her mother gifted her a typewriter. She read all genres of fiction but fell in love with science fiction.

As a result, she spent most of her time at her local library. It was the first time Butler started to read books that interested her. Thus, she begged her mother for a library card. Her schoolвЂ™s choice of fiction also didnвЂ™t help. While attending public school, Butler found reading difficult as she struggled with dyslexia. Although ButlerвЂ™s mother only had three years of formal schooling, she never let it stop her from providing her daughter with better learning opportunities than she had. After that, Butler was raised by her mother and grandmother in a Baptist household. Her father passed away when she was only seven. Her father was a shoe shiner and her mother worked hard as a house cleaner. Growing up in an expressly racially divided city, Butler had experienced many hardships. HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service.Octavia Estelle Butler was born June 22nd, 1947, in Pasadena, CA. HFS provides print and digital distribution for a distinguished list of university presses and nonprofit institutions. MUSE delivers outstanding results to the scholarly community by maximizing revenues for publishers, providing value to libraries, and enabling access for scholars worldwide. Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content, providing access to journal and book content from nearly 300 publishers. With warehouses on three continents, worldwide sales representation, and a robust digital publishing program, the Books Division connects Hopkins authors to scholars, experts, and educational and research institutions around the world. With critically acclaimed titles in history, science, higher education, consumer health, humanities, classics, and public health, the Books Division publishes 150 new books each year and maintains a backlist in excess of 3,000 titles.

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