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.
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]