Memoir and Personal Growth experts & authors

Explore memoir and personal growth through the work and perspectives of Alison Bechdel, Allie Brosh, Anthony Ray Hinton, and other authors on Chapters.

20 profiles on Chapters.

• Alison Bechdel

  Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist and graphic memoirist whose books explore family relationships, artistic aspirations, and her own life.

  Selected work: Are you my mother?

• Allie Brosh

  Allie Brosh is an American blogger, writer, and comic artist whose autobiographical stories combine humor, personal reflection, and intentionally crude illustrations.

  Selected work: Solutions and Other Problems

• Anthony Ray Hinton

  Anthony Ray Hinton is an American activist and memoirist who wrote about his wrongful conviction and 28 years on Alabama’s death row.

  Selected work: The sun does shine

• Chanel Miller

  Chanel Miller is an American writer and artist who gained prominence through her viral victim impact statement and her critically acclaimed memoir about trauma and healing.

  Selected work: Know My Name

• Chris Hadfield

  Chris Hadfield is a retired Canadian astronaut and test pilot whose autobiography draws on spaceflight and training to explore approaches to everyday life.

  Selected work: An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth

• Ellen Forney

  Ellen Forney is an American cartoonist, educator, and wellness coach whose autobiographical comics explore mental illness alongside political and cultural subjects.

  Selected work: Marbles

• Glennon Doyle Melton

  Glennon Doyle is an American author and queer activist whose books include Love Warrior, a personal account of self-discovery and healing.

  Selected work: Love warrior

• Greg Boyle

  Greg Boyle is an American Jesuit priest whose work with Los Angeles gangs informs his writing about kinship and the sacredness of life.

  Selected work: Tattoos on the heart

• Janet Mock

  Janet Mock is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist renowned for her bestselling memoir and editorial work for major publications.

  Selected work: Redefining realness

• Jesse Thistle

  Jesse Thistle is a Métis-Cree historian and memoirist whose work explores intergenerational trauma, Métis survivance, and his experiences of addiction and homelessness.

  Selected work: From the Ashes

• Lewis Hancox

  Lewis Hancox is an English graphic memoirist and filmmaker whose work explores his transgender experience through autobiographical comics, documentary projects, and online comedy.

  Selected work: Escape from St Hell

• Maia Kobabe

  Maia Kobabe is an American cartoonist whose autobiographical graphic novel Gender Queer explores eir experiences of gender, sexuality, and self-identity.

  Selected work: Gender Queer

• Michelle Obama

  Michelle Obama is an American attorney, memoir author, and former First Lady whose advocacy has focused on education, nutrition, and physical activity.

  Selected work: Becoming

• Michelle Zauner

  Michelle Zauner is an American musician and memoirist whose Crying in H Mart explores family, grief, food, and her Korean identity.

  Selected work: Crying in H Mart

• Scott Anthony

  Memoirist who writes about surviving a difficult childhood and how early experiences shaped his later choices and identity.

  Selected work: Street Raised

• Sonia Sotomayor

  Sonia Sotomayor is an American lawyer and Supreme Court justice whose memoir recounts her Bronx childhood, education, and path into law.

  Selected work: My beloved world

• Susannah Cahalan

  Susannah Cahalan is an American journalist and author whose memoir Brain on Fire recounts her hospitalization and diagnosis with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

  Selected work: Brain on fire

• Trevor Noah

  Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, writer and political commentator whose autobiographical book Born a Crime recounts his upbringing and relationship with his mother.

  Selected work: Born a Crime

• Wednesday Martin

  Wednesday Martin is an American author and cultural critic whose nonfiction explores parenting, motherhood, female sexuality, and the social codes of popular culture.

  Selected work: Primates of Park Avenue

• Yeonmi Park

  Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, author, and conservative activist known for her memoir detailing her escape and her political commentary.

  Selected work: In Order to Live