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Butler also paved the way for more science fiction female writers, like Shawl, N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor, to flourish in the genre. "She was literally one of the first, if not the first, Black woman to publish in modern science fiction magazines under own name," Lisa Yaszek, regents professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech told USA TODAY last year.
