Casey Gerald author biography, plus links to books by Casey Gerald.

Casey Gerald

Casey Gerald is the author of There Will Be No Miracles Here, a memoir that was named a Best Book of 2018 by NPR and The New York Times, a finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award, a longlist selection for the Carnegie Medal for excellence in Nonfiction among others. Gerald's essays include "The Black Art of Escape," published in New York Magazine and selected by Longform as one of the best essays of 2019; and "Leon Bridges After Dark," a Texas Monthly cover profile that won the 2022 National City & Regional Magazine Award. Prior to his writing career, Gerald co-founded and served as CEO of MBAs Across America (MBAx), his TED Talks have been viewed over 4 million times, and he opened for President Barack Obama at SXSW in 2016. A native of Oak Cliff, Texas, Gerald attended Dallas Public Schools before college at Yale, where he played varsity football and co-founded the Yale Black Men's Union. He later received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Casey is a Senior Fellow of Humanity in Action, a Presidential Leadership Scholars Fellow, and a former Aspen Words Writer-in-Residence. He serves on the board of Kickstarter, PBC. He is a New America fellow and resides in Waxahachie, Texas.​

This biography was last updated on 09/15/2026.

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