Over the course of his 40-year career, Nick Chiles has distinguished himself as one of the nation’s foremost chroniclers of Black life, culture, and celebrity—both as a bestselling author and an award-winning journalist.

He is the author or co-author of 24 books, including four New York Times bestsellers he wrote with iconic pastor, humanitarian, and producer Bishop T.D. Jakes (Disruptive Thinking: A Daring Strategy to Change How He Live, Lead, and Love; Faith Words-Hachette), R&B icon Bobby Brown (Every Little Step, Dey St.-HarperCollins), civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton (The Rejected Stone, Cash Money Content), and gospel legend Kirk Franklin (The Blueprint, Gotham Books-Penguin).

Chiles is the co-author of athlete/activist Colin Kaepernick’s memoir, The Perilous Fight (Hachette-Legacy Lit, September 2026), one of the hottest books in the nation. He is the co-author with Cheryl McKissack Daniel of the bestseller, The Black Family Who Built America (Atria-Black Privilege). He is the co-author with Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx of the parenting memoir Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me (Grand Central Publishing), the co-author with former NBA star Mahmoud Abdul Rauf of the memoir In the Blink of An Eye (Kaepernick Publishing) and the co-author with Hall of Fame boxer Andre Ward of the memoir Killing the Image: A Champion’s Journey of Faith, Fighting, and Forgiveness (Harper Horizon).

He is the co-author with Atlanta attorney Robbin Shipp of Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System (Bolden-Agate Publishing), which was a finalist for a 2015 NAACP Image Award.

Chiles served as a newspaper reporter (mostly covering education), magazine writer, and magazine and website editor-in-chief during more than three decades in journalism, winning nearly 20 major awards—including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize as part of a New York Newsday team. He also worked as a literary agent for Aevitas Creative Management, based in New York.

He currently teaches journalism at the University of Georgia. Chiles has a B.A. from Yale and an MFA from the University of Georgia. He lives in Athens, Georgia, with his wife Sadiqa Chiles.