Biography/Memoir Archives

3.5-STAR REVIEW: A WRITING MARRIAGE By Lori Carlson-Hijuelos

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 12 May 2026

Publication Date: May 12, 2026 A uniquely styled memoir that blends fiction and nonfiction to illuminate the love, faith, and artistry of two American writers. In December 1998, novelist Oscar Hijuelos and writer/editor Lori...

4-STAR REVIEW: LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT by Chaz Holesworth

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 8 May 2026

Life and How to Live It: Book 1 Publication Date: March 1, 2025 Philadelphia in the 1980s was no place for the soft-hearted. For Chaz Holesworth, childhood meant dodging gangs, addiction, and silence after...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: KINDNESS HEROES by Jackie Kurtz

Non-Fiction Sandy Saucier - 1 May 2026

Publication Date: April 21, 2026 In a world often overwhelmed by negativity and division, Kindness Heroes offers something we all need: hope. This powerful and heartwarming book reminds us that goodness still exists...

SPOTLIGHT: IT WORKED FOR ME by Jeff Burgess Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 26 March 2026

Publication Date: April 1, 2025 What if one conversation could change your entire life? In 1979, Jeff Burgess was a 22-year-old college dropout drifting through life in a haze of beer, weed, and dead-end...

5-STAR REVIEW: IT WORKED FOR ME by Jeff Burgess

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 26 March 2026

Publication Date: April 1, 2025 What if one conversation could change your entire life? In 1979, Jeff Burgess was a 22-year-old college dropout drifting through life in a haze of beer, weed, and dead-end...

4-STAR REVIEW: DRUMMER GIRL by Sally Dukes

Self-Help Amy Wilson - 17 March 2026

Publication Date: March 17, 2026 In the search for her truth, Sally Dukes’ literary memoir, “drummer girl” (Koehler Books, March 17, 2026), takes readers on a difficult yet compelling pursuit: the unfolding of...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: JOURNEY BACK INTO THE VAULT by Mario Cartaya

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 13 March 2026

Publication Date: February 25, 2022 Journey Back into the Vault: In Search of My Faded Cuban Childhood Footprints invites you to travel with me back to the land of my birth for the first...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SHATTERING THE MIRROR by Lena Fein

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 27 February 2026

Publication Date: June 20, 2025 "Shattering the Mirror" is a memoir about one woman's quest to confront her life and see through the distortions of her traumatic past. Lena was raised in madness...

5-STAR REVIEW: BREAKING THE BARNYARD BARRIER by Linda Rhodes

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 18 February 2026

Publication Date: February 17, 2026 In the late 1970s the golden valley between Utah’s Wasatch Mountains was home to some of the best dairies in the country. That was also where Linda Rhodes,...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE STRENGTH OF WATER by Karin K. Jensen REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Non-Fiction Amy Wilson - 29 January 2026

Publication Date: November 7, 2025 "Water is fluid, soft, yielding. But water will wear away rock... what is soft is strong." -Lao Tzu In 1920s Detroit, King Ying lives in a small apartment behind...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: UNBROKEN by Adriene Caldwell

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 26 November 2025

Publication Date: February 10, 2026 Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines is a raw, unflinching memoir that exposes the devastating impact of abuse, mental illness, and systemic failure, while illuminating the extraordinary resilience of the...

4-STAR REVIEW: A THOUSAND MILES FROM CARE by Steve Johnson

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 21 October 2025

Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s...