Natasha Gordon-Chipembere

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Ph.D. is an African Diasporic literature professor and writer. Her first academic book was Representation and Black womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman (Palgrave 2011). Gordon-Chipembere has also been published in Essence  and a monthly column, “Musings from An Afro-Costa Rican” in the Tico Times. Her first historical fiction novel, Finding La Negrita was published in 2022 (Jaded Ibis Press). It won the 2023 Silver IPPY Award for Best Historical Fiction in 2023 and was nominated for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Best Debut Novel in 2023. Her second work-in–progress, 1710, focuses on the shipwreck of two Danish slave ships on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in 1710. Gordon-Chipembere is the founder and host of the Tengo Sed Writing Retreats in Costa Rica for BIPOC writers. She was born in New York to Costa Rican/Panamanian parents and lives in Costa Rica with her family.