# Indie memoir and biography

Real lives, told by the people who lived them or by others: memoir, biography, family history and personal essays. Every book here comes straight from its author.

Page: https://bervet.com/showcase/genre/memoir-biography

## Books

- [OAKLAND GRAFFITI KING BLAZE](https://bervet.com/showcase/oakland-graffiti-king-blaze) by Steven Johnson
- [BLAZE: The Birth of Oakland Graffiti](https://bervet.com/showcase/blaze-the-birth-of-oakland-graffiti) by Steven Johnson

## What you'll find here

- **Memoir.** A stretch of the author's own life, told as a story.
- **Biography.** Someone else's life, researched and told.
- **Family history.** Where a family came from, and what it carried.
- **Personal essays.** Shorter pieces around one life or one question.

See also [history](/showcase/genre/history).

## Finding your next one

- **Read the first chapter.** Many books here let you read chapter 1 free: a few pages tell you whether the voice is for you.
- **Try "Most finished".** Books ranked by how many readers finish the free first chapter. Nobody can pay to be there.
- **Talk to the author.** Every book has its own thread in the forum.

## Writing memoir or biography?

List your book free and add your first chapter: it shows readers how you write, which a description can't. [How to write a blurb](/guides/writing-a-blurb) has worked examples for the description box.

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