Jack Miles is an American author and scholar known for influential works on religion, literature, and culture. His essays and commentary have appeared in major publications including The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book God: A Biography, which presents the biblical God as a literary character and has been translated into numerous languages. Miles later expanded this approach with Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God and God in the Qur'an, part of a broader exploration of religious texts as narrative traditions. He has also served as general editor of the Norton Anthology of World Religions and held editorial and academic positions across publishing and higher education.