A black woman and a lesbian, Octavia Butler stood out in a field dominated by white men, but her talent as an author made her famous.Almost from the beginning, Butler stood out.Born in Pasadena, California, she would stand 6 feet tall by age 15.Her father died while she was an infant, and she was raised by her grandmother and her mother, who worked as a maid.
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