writer. editor. book coach. 

Sharline Chiang is a writer, editor, book coach, publicist, and marketing and strategic communications consultant who specializes in the intersection of race, social justice, and politics. She hails from from New Jersey and is now based in Berkeley, CA. Her writings have appeared in BuzzFeed, Rumpus, OZY, Mutha, Hyphen, and CAAM.

She served as book editor/author’s coach for New York Times bestseller Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, and How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good, both by national political thought leader Steve Phillips. She is the co-host of the political podcast “Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips.” She is a proud, long-time member of the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) writers of color community.

A former journalist, she has worked for newspapers on the East and West Coast, including the Asbury Park Press, New York Daily News, L.A. Daily News, and Riverside Press-Enterprise.