Are there any clues as to the author’s race and gender in the story "Bloodchild"?

This is an interesting question about a very interesting
story. "Bloodchild" is the story of humans who have been enslaved by aliens far from
Earth. The only hint that a reader might get that the author, Olivia Butler, is African
American is the fact of people's enslavement in a land far from their homeland. Like
slaveholders, the aliens, or Tlic, are both benevolent and wicked. Humans and Tlic can
play together and be friends as children, but as adults they can never be equal; the
Tlic own the humans and do whatever they want with them, even separating families by
giving children to other Tlic to own.

Are there any hints
that the author is a woman? Maybe the fact that the story is about pregnancy and
childbirth is a small clue, but I really don't see anything that would identify the
author as male or female.

I hope this helps
you!