Octavia Butler Imagined LA Ravaged by Fires. Her Altadena Cemetery Survived ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires.

Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up ...

Before the fire, Pasadena — where Butler grew up — was a beautiful mountain area made up of working class hikers, horses and cowboys, and small businesses like Octavia’s Bookshelf ...