Nate Blakeslee
American author and journalist
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Nate Blakeslee is a journalist and author in the United States.[1] He wrote a book about the 1999 drug arrests in Tulia, Texas about a corrupt lawman persecuting mostly African American residents,[2] and a book about the O-Six, an American wolf.[3][4][5][6] He has written for the Texas Observer and is a Senior Editor for Texas Monthly.
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Southwestern University |
He is from Arlington, Texas and studied journalism in graduate school at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.[7] Film rights for his book on the Tulia drug busts and former NAACP lawyer Vanita Gupta's efforts in pursuit of justice were acquired in 2017.[8]
Writings
- Tulia: Race, Cocaine and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, Won the 2005 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for excellence in nonfiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award,
- American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, Crown, ISBN 978-1-101-90278-3
