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Line 1: {{Short description|Television drama writer}} '''Rasheed Newson''' (born May 27, 1979) is an American television drama writer, producer, and novelist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vognar |first=Chris |date=2022-08-23 |title='Bel-Air' showrunner-turned-novelist Rasheed Newson wants to make you uncomfortable |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-08-23/why-bel-air-showrunner-rasheed-newson-wrote-novel-of-aids-era-new-york |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He co-developed and is an executive producer of the drama series [[Bel-Air (TV series)|''Bel-Air'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Claire Kay |date=2022-02-09 |title=Bel-Air Interview with Co-Showrunners / Executive Producers: T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson |url=https://theknockturnal.com/bel-air-interview-with-co-showrunners/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The Knockturnal |language=en}}</ref> His debut novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” was a 2023 [[Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction|Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction]] and was named one of == Education == Rasheed grew up in [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]. He attended [[Georgetown University]] and graduated in 2001.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=INSIDE VOICES with Rasheed Newson |url=https://issuu.com/articles/37273264 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref> At [[Georgetown University]], Rasheed was a movie reviewer for student newspaper, [[the Hoya]].<ref name=":1" /> == Personal Life ==▼ Rasheed identifies himself as gay. == Career == In 2008, Rasheed and [[T.J. Brady]] were hired as a television writing team to serve as staff writers on the drama series ''[[Lie to Me In 2020, Rasheed and Brady wrote pilot script to reboot the movie ''[[Finding Forrester In 2021, Rasheed co-developed ''Bel-Air'' along with Morgan Cooper and Malcolm Spellman.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2022-10-13 |title='Bel-Air' Changes Showrunners As Carla Banks Waddles Replaces TJ Brady & Rasheed Newson For Season 2 Of Peacock Reboot |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/bel-air-tj-brady-amp-rasheed-newson-exit-showrunners-carla-banks-waddles-replacement-season-2-peacock-1235144286/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Bel-Air (TV series)|''Bel-Air'']], a retooling of the comedy series ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Rasheed worked as co-writer and co-producer on ''[[Army Wives Rasheed sold his debut novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me,”<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newson |first=Rasheed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lM5EEAAAQBAJ |title=My Government Means to Kill Me |date=2022-08-23 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1-250-83352-5 |language=en}}</ref> in 2021 to executive editor Nadxieli Nieto at Flatiron ''Books.'' Set in New York during the height of the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|AIDS crisis]] in the 1980s, the book centered on a Black, gay protagonist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Natalie |date=2023-12-01 |title=Hidden Gems: 'My Government Means to Kill Me' charts political and sexual awakening amidst the AIDS crisis |url=https://tsl.news/hidden-gems-my-government-means-to-kill-me-charts-political-and-sexual-awakening-amidst-the-aids-crisis/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The Student Life |language=en-US}}</ref> “My Government Means to Kill Me” was published on August 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rasheed-newson/my-government-means-kill-me/ |title=MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> The novel garnered reviews from [[The Washington Post|the ''Washington Post'']]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rasheed Newson’s debut is entertainment with a side of education |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/09/10/rasheed-newson-debut-novel/}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coming of Age in 1980s New York |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/books/review/rasheed-newson-my-government-means-to-kill-me.html}}</ref> ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' named “My Government Means to Kill Me” one of the best books of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapa |first=Patrick |date=2022-12-01 |title=The best books of 2022 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/arts/books/best-books-of-the-year-2022-20221201.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website= ▲== Personal Life == ▲Rasheed identifies as gay. Rasheed and his husband live in Pasadena with their two children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rasheed Newson talks "unapologetically Black" and "unmistakably Gay" debut novel |url=https://www.sgn.org/story.php?325269 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Joshua S. |title=Rasheed Newson Talks Activism and Sex Positivity in His New Book My Government Means to Kill Me |url=https://www.intomore.com/culture/rasheed-newson-talks-activism-sex-positivity-new-book-government-means-kill/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=INTO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Queer Forty |date=2022-12-02 |title=Rasheed Newson joins the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice Board of Directors |url=https://queerforty.com/rasheed-newson-joins-the-bayard-rustin-center-for-social-justice-board-of-directors |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Queer Forty |language=en-US}}</ref> == References == Line 24: == External links == * [https://www.rasheednewson.com/ Official website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Newson, Rasheed}} Line 41: [[Category:Date of birth unknown]] [[Category:American gay writers]] [[Category: | |||