Memoir & Biography

Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Author • Essayist • Memoirist

Dr. Danielle Allen

Dr. Danielle Allen

Political Theorist • Public Intellectual • Cultural Commentator

Ishmael Beah

UNICEF Advocate • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Dr. Martha Beck

Dr. Martha Beck

Bestselling Author • Life Coach • Inspirational Leader

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Pastor • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Taylor Branch

Historian • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Vikram Chandra

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Richard Ford

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Masha Gessen

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

A.M. Homes

Novelist • Essayist • Memoirist

Nick Hornby

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Pico Iyer

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Travel Writer

Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Author • Cultural Commentator

Suleika Jaouad

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Emmy Award-Winner

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Sue Monk Kidd

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

Novelist • Memoirist • Gardener

Stephanie Land

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Economic Justice Advocate

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

Kiese Laymon

Bestselling Author • Social Critic • Essayist

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow-Council on Foreign Relations • Bestselling Author

Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick

Legal Scholar • Award-Winning Author • Journalist

Roberto Lovato

Award-Winning Author • Journalist • Cultural Commentator

Jeremy McCarter

Jeremy McCarter

Storyteller • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Sociologist • Social Justice Advocate

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Christa Parravani

Essayist • Memoirist • Women's Rights Advocate

Jennifer Pastiloff

Jennifer Pastiloff

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Mental Health Advocate

Dr. Imani Perry

Dr. Imani Perry

Public Intellectual • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Sheri Salata

Former media executive • entrepreneur • Memoirist

Lisa See

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Bestselling Author • Essayist • Curator

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Rachel Louise Snyder

Rachel Louise Snyder

Journalist • Author • Domestic Violence Advocate

Paul Theroux

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Travel Writer

Krista Tippett

Public Radio & Podcast Host • Bestselling Author • Social Entrepreneur

William T. Vollmann

William T. Vollmann

Novelist • Journalist • Visual Artist

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Winner • Essayist • Memoirist

Edmund White

Novelist • Social Critic • Memoirist

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

Young People’s Poet Laureate • Bestselling Author

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