Writing Teachers and Consultants

Lisa Dale Norton

Lisa Dale Norton authored the acclaimed literary memoir Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills (Picador USA/St. Martin's Press.) She is also one of a handful of developmental writing coaches in the United States with a specialty in memoir. She edits memoir manuscripts, and helps clients develop books of memoir. Click here to read about her private work with writing clients.

Sheila Bender

If you are polishing finished pieces, looking for inspiration for new work, wanting writing exercises to sharpen your use of the craft, seeking help with revision, or wanting to read discussions with writers, editors and publishers, Sheila Bender's Writing It Real magazine, online courses, books and writers' conference will boost all who write from personal experience or teach others to do so.

National Association of Memoir Writers

The National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) invites memoir writers from all over the world to connect, learn, and become inspired about writing their stories. The goal of our organization is to help memoir writers feel empowered with purpose and energy to begin and develop their life stories into a publishable memoir, whether in essay form, a book, a family legacy, or to create a blog.

Rachael Freed

Rachael Freed, founder of Women's Legacies, believes that writing spiritual-ethical wills, communicating our legacies, empowers and heals us as it provides a precious and priceless gift to future generations.

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