Nick Chiles

Nick Chiles
Nick Chiles photo
Born (1965-08-07) August 7, 1965
Manhattan, NY
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
Known for Author of thirteen books, two of which were NY Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Website www.nickchiles.com

Nick Chiles (born August 7, 1965) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of 14 books.[1] He writes primarily about African-American life and culture.[2]

Early life

Chiles grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father is the pianist Walter Chiles, who was the leader of the jazz trio Chiles & Pettiford in the 1960s and the 1970s funk band LTG Exchange.[3] Atlantic Records released the 1965 Chiles & Pettiford recording "Live at Jilly's."[4] Walter Chiles wrote the LTG Exchange's biggest hit, "Waterbed."[5]

Chiles studied at Yale University, and earned a B.A. in psychology.[6]

Career

Chiles worked as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News and New York Newsday, where he contributed to a 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a subway crash.[7] He later wrote extensively for the Star-Ledger.[8] His 2006 New York Times op-ed "Their Eyes Were Reading Smut" has been widely cited.[9][10][11] Chiles has also worked as a ghostwriter.[12] Chiles served as Editor-in-Chief of the travel magazine Odyssey Couleur from 2003-2009 and as Editor-in-Chief of the website AtlantaBlackStar.com from 2014-2015.

Books

Chiles has written or co-written 14 books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. The latest is Every Little Step: My Story, [13] which he wrote with entertainer Bobby Brown and which was published in June 2016. The book debuted at #9 on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers List and stayed on the Celebrity Bestsellers List for several months. His other two New York Times bestsellers were the 2013 The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership, which he wrote with Rev. Al Sharpton,[14] and The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life’s Storms, co-authored with Kirk Franklin.[15] Chiles and former NBA player Etan Thomas wrote Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge (2012).[16] Chiles and then-Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick collaborated on the 2012 book, Faith in the Dream. His book Justice While Black, [17] written with attorney Robbin Shipp, was a finalist for a 2014 NAACP Image Award.[18]

Chiles and his wife, American author Denene Millner,[19] co-wrote the bestselling three book non-fiction relationship series, What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know, published by HarperCollins.[20][21] Their novel Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, published by Dutton, appeared on two bestseller lists, Essence and Blackboard. They also co-wrote the romance novels In Love And War and A Love Story.[22]

A short story by Chiles was included in the Ballantine anthology, Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America, which won a 1996 American Book Award. Chiles and Jeff Jones also co-wrote a young adult novel called The Adventures of De-Ante Johnson: The Obsidian Knight.

References

  1. ↑ "Contributing writer Nick Chiles". hechingerreport.com. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  2. ↑ "How-to book helps Black families survive dangers of criminal justice system". MSR Online | December 19, 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ltg-exchange-mn0000776832
  4. ↑ http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/discography-1965/
  5. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-ltg-exchange-waterbed-mw0000597755
  6. ↑ "Weddings: Denene Millner and Nicholas Chiles". NYTimes.com. 1997-08-24. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  7. ↑ "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Jennifer Egan Coming to Campus". fandm.edu. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Editor & Publisher - CLASS PROJECT FOR 'STAR-LEDGER'". editorandpublisher.com.
  9. ↑ Dorothee Brantz; Sasha Disko; Georg Wagner-Kyora (March 2014). Thick Space: Approaches to Metropolitanism. transcript Verlag. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-3-8394-2043-0.
  10. ↑ Dr Josephine Metcalf; Dr Carina Spaulding (28 July 2015). African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and "Post-Racialism". Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-4724-5539-0.
  11. ↑ Keenan Norris (15 November 2013). Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape. Scarecrow Press. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-8108-9263-7.
  12. ↑ "Deval Patrick, stumping for Obama in Charlotte, will also be auditioning for higher office". Boston.com.
  13. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/07/03/hardcover-nonfiction/?_r=0
  14. ↑ "Book Review—The Rejected Stone—Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership by Al Sharpton with Nick Chiles". tnj.com.
  15. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms by Kirk Franklin, Author, Nick Chiles, With. Gotham (231p) ISBN 978-1-592-40547-3". PublishersWeekly.com.
  16. ↑ Michael Lindgren (27 July 2012). ""Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge" by Etan Thomas with Nick Chiles". Washington Post.
  17. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-thompson/wrestling-with-justice-wh_b_6413202.html
  18. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-naacp-image-awards-2014-full-list-of-nominees-20141209-story.html
  19. ↑ "WEDDINGS Denene Millner and Nicholas Chiles". New York Times, Published: August 24, 1997
  20. ↑ Johnson Publishing Company (20 November 2000). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 12–. ISSN 0021-5996.
  21. ↑ The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. (2008). The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 21–. ISSN 0011-1422.
  22. ↑ "A LOVE STORY ". Publisher Weekly
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