Katherine Nichols
Author | Journalist
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Author |Journalist
Katherine Nichols is a longtime journalist with hundreds of published articles and essays. She is also the author of Deep Water, a narrative nonfiction / true crime book from Simon & Schuster, and one of several projects optioned for screen adaptation. Her current focus is a new thriller novel and a narrative nonfiction book about dementia, resilience, and love. She’s also working on two screenplays based on her own creative works and Explore with Katherine Nichols, a twice-monthly series of stories on Substack.
Deep Water
A riveting true story about athletes who turned their ocean prowess into a high-stakes drug smuggling in the early 1970s. Published by Simon & Schuster.
Featured Article
For Better and for Worse
Essay for New York Magazine’s The Cut
“Two weeks after my husband, E., was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease that has no treatment or cure, he left me…”
Explore with KN on Substack
Twice-monthly stories on fitness, adventure travel, brain health, and fascinating people. Read, listen, or watch a blend of new material and updates on the archives.
Consultant
As a business consultant, Katherine Nichols specializes in the fusion of storytelling and strategy. She works with real estate development and luxury hospitality firms, and the CEOs who run them. Her focus areas include communications, branding, capital raise narratives, investigative analyses for operations efficiencies, marketing, and speech writing. In addition to a Master’s and B.A. in literature and a professional writing background, she has an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management.