From Third Place Books in Seattle:
Octavia Butler at home. Patti Perret/The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
June 22nd marks the 78th birthday of former Lake Forest Park resident Octavia Butler, the trailblazing author of The Parable of the Sower and the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction. Butler lived in the neighborhood of Lake Forest Park from 1996 until her passing in 2006. In fact, the city of Lake Forest Park named her former street in her honor, a short hike from our bookstore.
On June 23, join Clarion West and the Third Place Commons as they celebrate Butler with a discussion between Nisi Shawl and Kathleen Alcalá, and Caren Gussoff, recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship. This event is free and open to the public (no RSVP required), from 6:30-8:30 in the Commons.
