Books on memoir and life story writing
Baldwin, Christina.
Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story
Barrington, Judith.
Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit
Bateson, Mary Catherine.
Composing a Life
Birkerts, Sven.
The Art of Time in Memoir (Then, Again)
Blachman, Linda.
Another Morning: Voices of Truth and Hope from Mothers with Cancer
Borg, Mary.
Writing Your Life: An Easy-to-Follow Guide to Writing an Autobiography
Campbell, Jennifer.
Start & Run a Personal History Business: Get Paid to Research Family Ancestry and Write Memoirs
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo.
You Can Write Your Family History
Dees, Dee.
The Lifenotes Workbook or Write Your Life Story in 28 Days
Elgin, Duane and Colleen Ledrew.
Living Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories
Franco, Carol and Kent Lineback.
The Legacy Guide: Capturing the Facts, Memories,and Meaning of Your Life
Gerard, Philip.
Writing a Book That Makes a Difference
Goldberg, Natalie.
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Hampl, Patricia.
Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory
Hessel, Susan T.
Getting the Conversation Going
101 Essential Questions for Your Personal Family History.
Jagoe, Armiger.
You Are Next In Line: Everyone's Guide for Writing Your Autobiography
Kempthorne, Charley.
For All Time: A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History
Ledoux, Denis.
Turning Memories into Memoirs: A Handbook for Writing Lifestories
McDonnell, Jane Taylor.
Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir
Miller, Patti.
Writing Your Life: A Journey of Discovery (2001)
Miller, Patti.
The Memoir Book (2007)
Myers, Linda Joy.
The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story
Norton, Lisa Dale
Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir
Rainer, Tristine.
Your Life as Story: Discovering the "New Autobiography" and Writing Memoir as Literature
Rosenbluth, Vera.
Keeping Family Stories Alive: Discovering and Recording the Stories and Reflections of a Lifetime
Spence, Linda.
Legacy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Personal History
Sturdevant, Katherine Scott.
Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents (how to safely collect, preserve, and publish diaries, memoirs, letters, papers, or memorabilia from your relatives and ancestors)
Thomas, Abigail.
Thinking About Memoir
Thurston, Dawn and Morris.
Breathe Life into Your Life Story: How to Write a Story People Will Want to Read
Yost, Paula Stallings and Pat McNees, editors.
My Words Are Gonna Linger: The Art of Personal History (foreword by Rick Bragg)
Zinsser, William, ed.
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (interesting talks by Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, Toni Morrison, and Lewis Thomas)
Zinsser, William, ed.
Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography (thoughtful comments and biography shop talk by Robert A. Caro, David McCullough, Paul C. Nagel, Richard B. Sewall, Ronald Steel, and Jean Strouse)
Zinsser, William.
Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past
