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Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. [2] [3] Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed ...
Media based organizations such as blacksci-fi.com, [19] the Black Science Fiction Society, and the State of Black Science Fiction group on Facebook centers creators of Black science fiction and its fandom. Founded in 1999 by Philadelphia native, Maurice Waters, blacksci-fi.com is one of the first media websites created that is dedicated to ...
In 2017, Bustle called Jemisin "the sci-fi writer every woman needs to be reading". [29] With Mac Walters, Jemisin co-authored the 2017 book Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiation, the second in a book series based on the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda. [30] Jemisin published a short story collection, How Long 'til Black Future Month? in November ...
Ayize Jama-Everett (born 1974), science fiction and speculative fiction writer; John Jea (1773–after 1817) N. K. Jemisin (born 1972), writer of speculative fiction. First person to win three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel. [17] [18] Beverly Jenkins (born 1951) Joseph Jewell (living) Terri L. Jewell (1954–1995), poet, writer and ...
These Black screenwriters, poets, authors, and songwriters have left an indelible mark on readers everywhere.View Entire Post › ...
A useful book for looking up authors is A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction, by Baird Searles, Martin Last, Beth Meacham, and Michael Franklin (1979). It also tells you whom else you might like if you like one author. Other invaluable works include The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute
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Andrea Hairston (born 1952) is an African-American science fiction and fantasy playwright and novelist. [1] Her novel Redwood and Wildfire won the James Tiptree Jr. Award for 2011. [ 2 ] Mindscape , Hairston's first novel, won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was short-listed for the Philip K. Dick Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award. [ 3 ]