Natalie D. Richards: Hi, my name is Natalie Richards, and my first name actually came from an argument my parents had. My mother wanted to name me after Natalie Cole, and my father did not like Natalie Cole's singing, but agreed to it only if we could say that I was named after Nat King Cole, her father. So I am named after Nat King Cole if you would've asked my father, and Natalie Cole, if you asked my mother. Richards is actually my father's name. So my father's name is Richard, and he inspired me to both read and write as a child. So that is where my last name comes from.