[SOLVED] Trying to serialize a queryset that uses select_related -- Can't obtain fields of foreignkey model

I'm able to access the correct fields ('author.username') when I execute the query.

But if I run that same query through the serializer, it doesn't print out the select_related model fields.

Should I be specifying all fields, plus the additional fields of the foreignkey model??

views.py

query = Chat.objects.select_related('author').filter(id=chat.id)
print(query)    # [<Chat: 108>]
print(query[0]) # 108
print(query[0].author.username) # superman



context = serializers.serialize("json", Chat.objects.select_related('author').filter(id=chat.id))
print("---------")
print(context) # [{"model": "chats.chat", "pk": 108, "fields": {"author": 29, "text": "this is a message", "chatroom": 11, "written_at": "2016-01-07T23:03:28.968Z"}}]

--- Updated --- views.py

context = ChatSerializer(chat)

# output
{u'text': u'come on', u'chatroom': OrderedDict([(u'id', 11), ('created_at', u'2016-01-07T00:27:28.391467Z'), ('creator', 29), ('participant', 1)]), u'written_at': u'2016-01-08T01:12:20.310776Z', u'author': OrderedDict([(u'id', 29), ('password', u'pbkdf2_sha256$24000$h0whlzx0BleT$4cUWdRkUsPYB7Ia6F+pYxX+31BMhJJfpWiLHfoL9NOY='), ('last_login', u'2016-01-07T00:26:37.907507Z'), ('email', u'superman@gmail.com'), ('username', u'superman'), ('first_name', u'clark'), ('last_name', u'kent'), ('is_active', True), ('is_admin', False), ('joined_on', u'2016-01-06T23:57:43.191484Z'), ('is_online', False), ('is_contractor', False), ('profile_pic', '/media/bicycle_z3NDBPI.jpeg'), ('braintree_id', u'20401140'), ('braintree_client_token', u'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'), ('payment_method_nonce', u'dbd01080-35e2-4a3b-a695-560491a14567'), ('payment_method_token', u'cfty3w')])}

console.log() output

ChatSerializer(<Chat: 118>):
    author = NestedSerializer(read_only=True):
        id = IntegerField(label='ID', read_only=True)
        password = CharField(max_length=128)
        last_login = DateTimeField(allow_null=True, required=False)
        email = EmailField(max_length=255, validators=[<UniqueValidator(queryset=User.objects.all())>])
        username = CharField(max_length=80)
        first_name = CharField(max_length=45)
        last_name = CharField(max_length=45)
        is_active = BooleanField(required=False)
        is_admin = BooleanField(required=False)
        joined_on = DateTimeField(read_only=True)
        is_online = BooleanField(required=False)
        is_contractor = BooleanField(required=False)
        profile_pic = ImageField(allow_null=True, required=False)
        braintree_id = CharField(allow_blank=True, allow_null=True, max_length=255, required=False)
        braintree_client_token = CharField(allow_blank=True, allow_null=True, max_length=2000, required=False)
        payment_method_nonce = CharField(allow_blank=True, allow_null=True, max_length=255, required=False)
        payment_method_token = CharField(allow_blank=True, allow_null=True, max_length=255, required=False)
    text = CharField(max_length=255)
    chatroom = NestedSerializer(read_only=True):
        id = IntegerField(label='ID', read_only=True)
        created_at = DateTimeField(read_only=True)
        creator = PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=User.objects.all())
        participant = PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=Contractor.objects.all())
    written_at = DateTimeField(read_only=True)