Born in 1964 in Valdosta, Georgia to Harold and Beverly Reddick, Niles Reddick grew up in the small town of Hahira, Georgia with his three younger siblings--Brett, Dana, and Jared. He graduated from Lowndes High School, where served as Editor of the yearbook. He also worked full time at Days Inn during high school as a busboy, dishwasher, cook (for one week), and finally, hotel clerk.  Prior to that, he had mowed yards for folks around Hahira.

He began college at Valdosta State University and graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy, earning a Philosophy award at Honors Day. During the years at Valdosta State, Niles worked at both the Ramada Inn and Quality Inn as a desk clerk, and then worked for four years at Moody Air Force Base in the Services Squadron as an auditor in the Billeting office. After graduating from Valdosta State, Niles began a M.A. program in Psychology at the University of West Georgia, studying under Mike Aarons and Anne Richards, both former Graduate assistants to Abraham Maslow.  He also studied with parapsychologist William Roll and best-selling author Raymond Moody. While in Graduate school, he worked as a Mental Health Counselor in the Atlanta area and was the recipient of an assisstantship as the Coordinator of Graduate Admissions for the Psychology Department. After graduating from the University of West Georgia, Niles began a Ph.D. program at Florida State University in Humanities with an emphasis in Literature and Psychology. He had the good fortunate to study under Jerome Stern, David Kirby, Anne Rowe, among others. His dissertation, Eccentricity as Narrative Technique, included interviews with Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, and Janice Daugharty.

Reddick worked as an Academic Advisor at Florida State University while working on his doctorate, worked as a part time admissions counselor at a mental health facility, and taught English and Psychology at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia, and Georgia Military College at Moody AFB, Georgia, before accepting an English teaching position at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee.

At Motlow, he coordinated the Writer’s festival and secured such renowned writers as Michael Lee West, Manette Ansay, Gurney Norman, Gwnedolyn Brooks, Jerry Bledsoe, Sharyn McCrumb, and others. He also served as Editor of The Distillery for two years, taking the journal from a regional publication to an international one distributed around the world by Ingram Periodicals and one that received recognition and acclaim from The Literary Magazine Review and Library Journal.  Reddick was asked to serve as Director of the Smyrna campus for Motlow College and served in that capacity for several years before being appointed the Dean of Humanities and Social Science for Motlow College.

In 2007, Reddick and his family returned to Georgia, where he accepted a position as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia.  He is on the editorial board for Honors in Practice, a journal published by the National Collegiate Honors Council, and he serves locally on the Planning and Zoning Board for Tifton and the Executive Board for the Chamber of Commerce. Reddick lives in Tifton with his wife Michelle, children Audrey and Nicholas, and two dogs,  Anna Appolonia, named for his great-great-great-great aunt, and Johann "Jack," named for his great-great-great-great grandfather.