Forever Young Autobiographies

King: Powerful biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (MLK)

Book review: Pulitzer Prize winner by bestselling author Jonathan Eig

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig is a vivid account of American civil rights icon Martin Luther King Junior (MLK).

It is the first major King biography in decades and draws on recently declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files.

The bestselling Macmillan Publishers biography has won countless awards including being named the Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography.

So keep scrolling to find out more about this non-violence activist and suggestions for your own life-s tory creating…

Once A King, Now A Prince: Wild rock and roll music memoir by New York agent Ira Blacker

Case study: Music agency founder on surviving the mob to representing Rod Stewart, ZZ Top and The Eagles

Once A King, Now A Prince: The true tale of family dysfunction, the mob, sex, drugs & Rock N Roll by Ira Blacker is a unique, startling and sometimes heartbreaking story.

This newly released memoir tells how Blacker grew up in New York and went on to start his own music agency that represented Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, The Eagles and many more.

Although Blacker is referenced in books by or about Kiss, Rush, Kraftwerk and others, he hadn’t intended to write his own.

So keep reading to find out more about how he began his life-story project and tips for your own creating…

Politics On the Edge: Sharp, witty bestseller by ex-UK minister Rory Stewart

Book review: British Book Awards winner’s inside take on Brexit, democracy and the Conservative Party

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir from Within by Rory Stewart is an entertaining account of his turbulent decade in the United Kingdom Conservative Party.

The former serviceman, diplomat and now Yale University professor takes us along for the ride as he climbs the political ranks.

The bestselling Penguin Random House publication has won numerous awards including British Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction Narrative.

So keep reading to find out more about this well-written memoir plus tips for your own life-story creating…

Atomic Pilgrim: A nuclear peace memoir by James Patrick Thomas

Case study: Cold War pilgrimage leads to Washington’s toxic Hanford site

Atomic Pilgrim: How Walking Thousands of Miles for Peace Led to Uncovering Some of America’s Darkest Nuclear Secrets by James Patrick Thomas is a story of holding powers to account.

This Latah Books memoir recounts Thomas’s two-year pilgrimage during the Cold War and then his two-decade focus on the Hanford plutonium factory.

But it wasn’t until planning retirement that he considered writing down his experiences.

So keep reading to find out more about Thomas, how he began his life-story project and tips for your own creating…

Wifedom: Biography uncovers George Orwell’s wife Eileen

Book review: Australian Book Industry Awards winner by writer Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder is a deep-dive biography into the private lives and works of powerful literary couple Eileen O’Shaughnessy and Eric Blair (aka George Orwell).

Funder forensically unearths the vivid and ingenious Eileen while layering in much of her own modern domestic struggles and observations.

Importantly this Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Random House) life story won the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Biography Book of the year, plus many other international accolades.

So keep reading to find out more about this long-lost character plus tips for your own life-story creating…

Small-Town Chaos: A country-life memoir by teacher Lenore Focht

Case study: New rancher and mother finds home in rural Canada

Small-Town Chaos: Lessons on Country Life by Lenore Focht is a tender reminder of what transforms a place into a home.

This soon-to-be released memoir recounts Focht’s experience moving to a remote community of 450 people in rural Canada.

At first this teacher doesn’t know what to make of this quirky prairie town but discovers that to thrive she needs to put down roots.

So keep reading to find out more about Focht, how she began her life-story project and tips for your own creating…

Super-Infinite: A historical biography about love poet John Donne

Book review: A British Book Awards winner and bestseller by Katherine Rundell

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne is a sparkling, modern biography about an ancient, standout scholar.

Oxford’s All Souls College Fellow Katherine Rundell brings Donne to life by detailing his myriad of careers and poems on love, sex and death.

As a result, this Faber bestseller won British Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction Narrative.

So keep reading to find out more about this famous shape-shifter and hints for your own life-story creating…

No Woman Left Behind: A childbirth advocacy memoir by charity entrepreneur Kate Grant

Case study: Fistula Foundation CEO’s tale of compassion from Madison Avenue to Africa and Asia

No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth by Kate Grant is a compelling personal journey of compassion.

This soon-to-be-released memoir recounts Grant walking away from a promising New York advertising career to begin a modest start-up that becomes the global leader in fistula treatment.

She shares vivid firsthand accounts of surgeons toiling in remote corners of Africa and Asia to fix this childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent and often shunned by their communities.

So keep reading to find out more about Grant, how she started the book plus suggestions for your own creating…

G-Man: Groundbreaking biography about Washington FBI director J. Edgar Hoover

Book review: A Pulitzer winner by Yale Professor Beverly Gage

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century is a groundbreaking portrait of a ‘bulldog’ who dominated history and shaped much of today’s political landscape.

Yale’s Professor Beverly Gage details this long-serving Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dfirector across 896 pages using many fresh sources.

As a result, her Viking (Penguin Random House) bestseller took out the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.

So keep reading to find out more about this consequential character and takeaways for your own life-story creating…

I Was A Teenage Know Nothing: A 1990s coming-of-age memoir by Ryon Ownbey

Case study: Amazing tales of a motorcycle-loving teen from Washington

I Was A Teenage Know Nothing by Ryon Ownbey is a youthful life story full of turbulence and confusion.

This memoir is set in the 1990s “before Amazon, smartphones and streaming media dared exist”.

In sum it tells how Ownbey navigated new experiences and learnt to use his instinct.

So keep reading to find out more about Ownbey, how he started the book plus suggestions for your own creating…