Natalie Baszile, Writer / Director, is the author of the novel Queen Sugar, which was adapted for seven television seasons by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Queen Sugar was named a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2014, was long listed for the Crooks Corner Southern Book Prize, and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Natalie’s non-fiction book, We Are Each Other’s Harvest: African American Farmers, Land & Legacy, (HarperCollins 2021), tells the story of African Americans connection the land from Emancipation to the present through a chorus of of essays, poems, photographs, quotes, and first-person narratives. We Are Each Other’s Harvest was an Amazon Editor’s pick, and a Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the year. Natalie’s new novel, GOOD PEOPLE is forthcoming from Penguin RandomHouse in 2025. Natalie has had residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, VCCA, Hedgebrook, SFFILM, and Djerassi Resident Arts Program where she received the SFFILM and Bonnie Rattner Fellow. Natalie was a Film Independent Fellow in 2020. Her non-fiction work has appeared in National Geographic, The Bitter Southerner, O, The Oprah Magazine, and numerous anthologies. Natalie is the Wilma Dykeman Writer in Residence for 2024-2024.
