Birthdays: Octavia Bimber, 8

Birthdays: Octavia Bimber, 8

Celebrate Octavia E. Butler Day

Before The Parable of the Sower became a staple on syllabi across the country, Octavia E. Butler was quietly living and writing in Lake Forest Park. From 1999 until her death in 2006, she made her home there — so quietly, in fact, that some longtime locals are still surprised to learn she once lived just a short walk from Third Place Books. Today, her former street bears her name: Octavia Butler Avenue. Butler was the first Black woman to consis…