Writing Your Own Memoir

Online Resources:

National Association of Memoir Writers

Association of Personal Historians

Story Circle Network

Print Resources

Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art. The Eighth Mountain Press, 2000.

Borg, Mary. Writing Your Life: An Easy-to-Follow Guide to Writing an Autobiography. Cottonwood Press, 1998.

Elgin, Duane. Living Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories. Conari Press, 2001.

Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir. Free Press, 2008.

Larson, Thomas. The Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing Personal Narrative. Swallow Press, 2007.

Karr, Mary. The Art of the Memoir. Harper, 2015.

Kephart, Beth. Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir. Gotham Books, 2013

Lippincott, Sharon M. The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing: How to Transform Memories Into Meaningful Stories. Lighthouse Point Press, 2007.

Nestor, Theo Pauline. Writing is my drink : a writer’s story of finding her voice (and a guide to how you can too). Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Norton, Lisa Dale. Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008.

Roorbach, Bill. Writing Life Stories. Story Press, 2000.

Silverman, Sue William. Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir. Univ. of Georgia Press, 2009.

Thomas, Abigail. Thinking About Memoir. Sterling, 2008.

Zinsser, William. Writing about Your Life: A Journey into the Past. New York: Marlowe, 2004.

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