Natalie G. Bergman

Natalie Bergman is a queer writer of fiction and screenplays, drawn to thrillers—both historical and contemporary—that challenge power, unsettle assumptions, and center emotionally complex women. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Natalie was raised in Sydney, Australia, where she developed an early awareness of how fragile democracy and truth can be. As an immigrant and lifelong student of history, she brings a fierce skepticism of the status quo to every story she tells.

Natalie moved to California as a teenager and earned her B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies at UCLA. She has trained extensively in the craft of storytelling through UCLA Extension, Script Anatomy, Sundance Collab, Joan Scheckel’s The Method, and the Austin Film Festival’s Ghost Ranch Retreat.

Her novels, television pilots, and screenplays explore the lives of queer people and women—past and present—whose survival often requires wit, fury, and the willingness to defy expectation. Whether set in the Gilded Age or the near future, her work is known for its haunting atmosphere, moral urgency, and emotional gut punch.

Natalie lives in Culver City with her wife and two Persian cats. When she isn’t writing, you can find her reading, cooking, or vacuuming up cat hair—usually in that order.