When House of Sticks author Ly Tran was a toddler, her family left a war-torn Vietnam to forge a new life in America. In crafting her memoir, Tran revisited memories from her unconventional childhood, including her struggles with Myopia and working in...

Helen Fremont grew up in a culture of secrets; her parents, Holocaust survivors, had pretended to be Christians and never told their children about the truth they were hiding. Years later, those secrets are still ruling the family's life. Helen Fremont...

Author Kathy Ide shares helpful tips for working with a ghostwriter. Some ghostwriters capture all that they need to start on your project by talking to you and recording the conversation. Additionally, it's often helpful if you have some written materials...

Author Kathy Ide shares helpful tips for working with a ghostwriter. Some ghostwriters capture all that they need to start on your project by talking to you and recording the conversation. Additionally, it's often helpful if you have some written materials...

Some stories need to be written. But at what cost? Ann Pearlman, author of "Inside the Crips," discusses how she co-wrote a gang memoir with Colton Simpson and how she was later subpoenaed to discuss the details of 25-year-old crimes. She fought hard...

Author, speaker, and artist Laurie Finkelstein never planned on writing a book, but the idea came to her after journaling about her challenging life circumstances. Finkelstein was privately writing about her struggles with anxiety, depression, and OCD...

Watch actor and former White House staff member Kal Penn talk about his audiobook You Can't Be Serious in this behind-the-scenes video from the recording studio. In this refreshingly candid memoir, Kal Penn recounts why he rejected the advice of his...

Jeannette Walls shares the inspiration behind her new novel Hang the Moon, which is set in Prohibition-Era Virginia. Her memoir, The Glass Castle , has been a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant...

Some stories need to be written. But at what cost? Ann Pearlman, author of "Inside the Crips," discusses how she co-wrote a gang memoir with Colton Simpson and how she was later subpoenaed to discuss the details of 25-year-old crimes. She fought hard...

The adage “less is more” does not apply to memoir writing, explains author, goal coach, and project catalyst Debra Eckerling. Instead, include as much information and details as you can. The more you include, the more you’ll have to work with during...