Category: Memoir & Personal Journeys

Chava Stein
Abby
Abby Stein is a Jewish educator & rabbi, award winning author, speaker, and activist. She was born an…
Copaken
Deborah
Deborah Copaken is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including Shutterbabe, The Red B…
Darznik
Jasmin
Jasmin Darznik is the bestselling author of The Bohemians, a novel that imagines the friendship between p…
Matthew Guillory
Jennifer
Born in the Boston area to Guatemalan parents, Jennifer De Leon is the author of the novel Don’t Ask Me W…
Eig
Jonathan
Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent King: A Life, which was aw…
Elmore
Phyllis
Phyllis Biffle Elmore was raised by her grandmother Lula Horn (1883-1988), in rural Alabama during the mi…
Forsthoefel
Andrew
Andrew Forsthoefel is the author of Walking to Listen, a critically acclaimed coming-of-age memoir about …
Francis
John
John Francis, Ph.D., is known the world over as the Planetwalker. In 1971, Francis witnessed an oil spill…
Gantos
Jack
Jack Gantos has written books for readers of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to nov…
Gharib
Malaka
Malaka Gharib is a journalist, cartoonist and graphic novelist. She is the author of I Was Their American…
Glidden
Sarah
Sarah Glidden is a cartoonist and illustrator working primarily in non-fiction and reportage comics. Her …
Goodluck
Laurel
Laurel Goodluck is Mandan, Hidatsa from the prairies of North Dakota, and Tsimshian from the rainforest i…