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We create personalized books that elegantly capture the unique narratives of individuals, families, and businesses.
Our writers, editors and designers help you document precious life experiences, transforming memories into lasting legacies.
Every Life Deserves A Documented Legacy
Every Life Deserves A Documented Legacy
From life lessons to travelling in the Seychelles, we cover all the colourful topics that make up life.
How It Works
Our process makes it easy for anyone to write a book. We handle the heavy lifting so that you can enjoy what will be a truly special journey.
Writer Introduction
By taking into consideration a number of factors including your goals, topics and even location we'll pair you with a writer who can echo your unique voice.
Interviews
Customers especially love the interview stage. Your writer will uncover the unique details of your story, bringing back nostalgic memories. Sessions can be done in-person or remotely at your convenience.
Book Delivery
Once you're happy with the text, we'll design, print, and deliver your hardbound, full-color books directly to you. A priceless collection of precious life stories, ready to be shared.
Turn Your Story into a Book
Capture your personal or business journey and share your history, experience and wisdom in a book. We bring your memories to life, creating a beautifully crafted book you'll cherish forever.
Your life story is worth sharing. Choose a package to begin your journey, and we’ll help turn your memories into a professionally written book that you and your loved ones will treasure for generations.
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Books For Every Occasion
Preserve your life's journey and cherished memories in a beautifully written, timeless book.
Surprise a loved one with a truly unique gift: an immersive experience that recalls treasured moments. Find out more.
Surprise a loved one with a truly unique gift: an immersive experience that recalls treasured moments.
Amplify your brand and solidify your thought leadership with a book that showcases your domain expertise.
Take a Look Inside Our Customers' Books
Dive into and read an excerpt for some of the books we've helped create.
The Bunny
You can't pick up a copy of "The Bunny" without immediately wanting to know more. If a picture's worth a thousand words, then this book cover is a novel in itself, speaking volumes before you even turn the first page. The book covers Williams' inspirational migrational journey to California and all the ups and downs he encountered along the way.
Can Spouses Team Up in Real Estate? We Did and Here's How!
Lashika and Anthony know many entrepreneurial spouses want to team up but aren’t sure how. Having faced this challenge themselves, they believe it’s a risk worth taking. Their success isn’t due to Ivy League education, investors, or luck—it’s the result of hard-earned life lessons. With enough drive and patience, they believe anyone can improve their business and personal life. Now, they’re eager to share their story and help others achieve success while finding balance as a real estate husband-and-wife team.
Over 600 Professional Writers and Editors
Our writers are journalists and authors recruited from leading newspapers, renowned publishing houses, and the most prestigious creative writing and journalism programs.
Kalisha B
Kalisha has 25 years of experience as a writer, media talent and project help with 20 years of experience in major publishing as an author of five acclaimed novels. She has two degrees in English Language and Literature from University of Chicago with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School in New York City, which launched her author career with her thesis auctioned to major publishers. She loves cats, dogs, food, film and trivia in that order.
Peter S
A citizen of three countries, Peter was educated at The American School in Switzerland and majored in political science at Hillsdale College. He has worked in theatre and language education. He has a firm grounding in economics and a solid grasp of history and geopolitics. Currently, Peter works in SEO. His literary interests range from science fiction (he is particularly fond of Isaac Asimov’s Robot series) to serious philosophy (his specialties are Heidegger, Nietzsche, Machiavelli and Plato). If he had to pick a favorite writer, he might say Evelyn Waugh.
Lisa W V
Lisa Wartenberg Vélez is a Colombian writer of fiction who split her childhood between Bogotá and South Florida. Their work has received creative and/or financial support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Kenyon Workshops, Ucross Foundation, Tin House Workshop, and others. MFA: University of Houston (2023: Creative Writing; 2012: Theatre). Her fiction appears in Nimrod, Ghost Parachute, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere, is forthcoming in Cutleaf (May 2025) and the anthology Rural Writers of Color (ed. Deesha Philyaw), and is also anthologized in Best Debut Stories 2023 (Catapult) as a PEN / Dau Prize winner. She lives in Vermont with her family and enjoys reading, knitting, and yoga.
Jami K
As a professional ghostwriter and business content editor, Jami has worked with busy CEOs, founders, and success coaches to bring their vision to a wider audience through books, blogs, and articles. She is a ghostwriter for Forbes Books and Book Launchers, and a member of the Association of Ghostwriters. She also has a passion for content in the Mind & Spirit and personal development genres. She edited the U.S. version of You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire, a memoir and guide to overcoming adversity. She was also a contributor to The 52 Weeks: Two Women and Their Quest to Get Unstuck, a women’s guide to midlife.
Elizabeth C
Elizabeth's pen name is Betsy Cole. She is a married mother of four humans and three fur-babies. With an MA in Anthropology- a focus on folklore studies, and a minor in Creative Writing, her passion has always been reading and writing. She has been a professional writer for over twenty years, on a variety of diverse projects. She specializes in storytelling and content creation. As a published novelist with over two decades of ghostwriting experience, her favorite tales are inspirational.
Colleen D
Colleen is an award-winning journalist, author and podcast host. She specializes in sharing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, especially those who have built companies from scratch and made lasting marks on industries, audiences and sometimes the world (or at least, their corner of it). As the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed hundreds of business leaders and enjoyed hearing all about the rewards, challenges and quirks of entrepreneurship, with the personal observation that the quirks (or stumbling blocks or miscues) tend to be the most fascinating part of the story. In recent years, Colleen has served as executive editor of The Story Exchange, a media platform that elevates the voices of entrepreneurial women, so she has a special spot in her heart for women who sometimes need to fight extra hard to succeed in business (or politics or athletics or any number of fields). In fact, it's the preserving and sharing of these stories that Colleen is drawn to, as she knows it will inspire the next generation. Colleen has also served as an editor at Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. She is the author of two books, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook (Random House) and Inc.'s Start a Successful Business. She is a resident of Long Island's East End, where she enjoys baking, sailing and keeping up with her twin daughters.
BJ G
BJ Gallagher is a prolific author with over 30 books to her credit – business books that educate and empower, women's books that enlighten and entertain, and inspirational gift books that offer sustenance for the spirit. BJ's international best-selling fable, A Peacock in the Land of Penguins (Berrett-Koehler) has sold over 400,000 copies in 23 languages worldwide. Her other business books include: Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success (Berrett-Koehler) with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama, The Leadership Secrets of Oz (Simple Truths), and a career book, It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been (Viva Editions). BJ’s inspirational gift books include: The Power of Positive Doing and The Best Way Out is Always Through and Learning to Dance in the Rain (all three published by Simple Truths). Her most recent book is Your Life is Your Prayer (Mango Media). BJ wrote for Huffington Post for nine years and she’s been featured on CBS Evening News, the Today Show, Fox News, PBS, CNN, and other television and radio programs. She is quoted frequently in various newspapers, women's magazines, and websites: O the Oprah magazine, Woman's World, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Orlando Sentinel, Financial Times (U.K.), Guardian (U.K.), MSNBC.com, CareerBuilder.com, CNN.com, Forbes.com. BJ’s academic credentials are as impressive as her professional background: She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of USC, earning a BA in Sociology, summa cum laude. She has finished the coursework for a PhD in Social Ethics, also at USC. In addition to writing her own books, BJ has ghostwritten books for CEOs, including ClubCorp CEO Robert Dedman, Jr. (“Our Star Service Journey”) as well as speeches for LA Times publisher Tom Johnson and other Times senior executives, and floor speeches and correspondence for Pete du Pont when he was Delaware’s congressman. In short, BJ is skilled at writing in others’ voices.
Phyllis S
Phyllis has a flair for both storytelling and business. After graduating summa cum laude from Yale University with degrees in American Studies and Economics, she worked in investment banking on Wall Street. To pivot careers, she earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she finished in the top 10% of her class. From there, she went into the entertainment field. First she worked on the business sidest at Twentieth Century Fox Studios. Then she followed her passion and switched to the creative side, becoming a screenwriter. She was tapped as a writer/producer on the iconic TV series Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Enterprise and embarked on a 25-year career in TV writing and pitching. For the past eight years, she has taken her talents to the world of professional writing and editing. Phyllis took Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann’s first book, Why Startups Fail (Currency, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021) from the initial idea to the published work. She also helped write a business memoir (Mark Holt Books, 2022) for Jeff Smulyan, CEO of Emmis Communications. He is a colorful entrepreneur who owned tv and radio stations, created Sports Radio, and briefly owned the baseball team the Seattle Mariners. She brings a unique skillset to writing and editing, combining irresistible storytelling, the ability to distill complex issues, and a singular focus on bringing a client’s story to life.
Peggy H
Armed with a degree in language studies and a longing to explore, Peggy moved from her home state of California to Japan to embark on her career in 2009. Though she originally emigrated overseas to teach English, life offered a different path when she landed a job in Osaka as a ghostwriter, editor, and proofreader of educational materials. There, she co-authored over 30 textbooks for use in classrooms at over 5,000 schools nationwide. In 2015, she moved to Thailand, where she began copywriting and blogging for brands in various industries, including luxury real estate, yoga & wellness, sex & relationships, travel, and entertainment. After moving home in 2018, Peggy began ghostwriting for a mainstream hybrid publishing firm. Since then, she has completed six non-fiction books with authors from around the globe, three of which went on to become Amazon bestsellers in multiple categories. Her genres of speciality include spirituality, self-help, business, psychology, memoir, women’s issues, and culture. She has also worked as a book coach, editor, and ghostwriter for authors of erotic fiction. When she’s not glued to her laptop, Peggy is an avid reader, meditator, kickboxer, visual artist, and yoga nerd. She also volunteers for Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional families, a 12-step organization supporting people in recovery from traumatic childhoods. With a deep passion for the connective power of language, she has studied Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, and Thai. Helping people share their wisdom with the world brings her joy and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with StoryTerrace.
Bill D
Bill has been writing professionally since he was hired as a TV news writer out of college, went on to write marketing communications materials for Rockwell International, Century Link, and a start-up called edge2net, where he served as the Director of Public Relations and Marketing. Starting in 1985, in parallel with his corporate activities, Bill wrote and published science fiction and alternate history novels totalling 60 as of this year. Most of those books qualify as military science fiction, a subject which thanks to time spent as a medic in the Navy and with the Marine Corps, Bill knows something about. Although most of Bill’s fiction is original to him, he has over the years been hired to write books for Lucas Films (the Dark Forces trilogy), Sony (Halo: The Flood), and for Orbit publishing (Mass Effect: Deception) which made the New York Times list. Bill was also hired to co-write the Sony game Resistance Burning Skies. Thanks to Bill’s corporate work he’s been required to collaborate with company executives, creative teams, and representatives from three of the big five publishers.
Katalin I
Katalin was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She has three adult daughters, and two Irish Wolfhounds. Before focusing on her writing, she worked as a geriatric case manager where she had the opportunity to listen and learn about the residents’ life experiences and how it shaped them and their families. She has a BA in Social Psychology and an MA is English/Creative Writing. Her short story based on her great-grandmother’s true post-war experience won first place in Sixfold’s writing competition. She has three manuscripts written and she's recently become agented for fiction writing.
Katherine L
Katherine is a freelance writer, editor and content creator who loves a good creative challenge. Born and raised in New York City, she currently lives and works abroad in the magical city of Prague. Always a creative storyteller, Katherine has worked for women’s and lifestyle publishing, breaking news websites, B2B marketing firms and more. Her background in Anthropology provides a solid foundation for working with interview subjects, whom she handles with care. Her work can be seen on Business Insider, the Huffington Post, Reader’s Digest, Lonely Planet and more.
Tré M R
A storyteller with two decades of ghostwriting, PR, and branding experience, Tré is a UC Berkeley graduate and the author of “Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir,” which shares her experience of being suddenly widowed at 34 and reuniting with the teenage daughter she placed for adoption. Her bylined essays have appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Red magazine, ModernLoss.com, and more. Among the topics she explores with zeal are grief, adoption, fashion, neurodiversity, and travel. Tré has visited nearly 30 countries and makes her home in Brooklyn.
Judy L B
Judy Lane-Boyer is a dedicated writer with a lifelong passion for storytelling. Since childhood, she honed her craft through thousands of words for clients, including over a decade of language translation and PR for non-profits. A passionate teacher/tutor, Judy helps mental wellness professionals, non-native English speakers, and aspiring memoirists articulate their stories. When not writing, she enjoys reading, traveling, and exploring ethnic cuisines. A lover of coffee and dreamer of hobbit houses, Judy considers central Mexico her second home and York, England, the most magical place in the world.
Anya B
Anya is a Russian-American writer and producer with over 30 film and TV projects to her name. Her debut feature, Snowbound, was screened at the Cannes Film Market in 2017 and sold internationally. Her short film, I Am Normal, has been showcased at more than 25 festivals, including Academy Award-qualifying Cinequest and LA Shorts. Anya’s versatility spans various genres and formats, but her true strength lies in her deep understanding of human nature, compassion for others, and her sharp sense of humor.
Thomas L
Thomas has ghostwritten projects for a Senate Chief of Staff, a Philadelphia Narcotics cop, and an insurance company, to name a few. He taught at Harvard under famed Professor Robert Coles, worked at DoubleTake and The American Prospect magazines, and then as an Investigator at the Innocence Project New Orleans. He has published a novel, The Ghost Detective, and a work of Non-fiction, The Trials of Walter Ogrod, which helped free an innocent man from death row in Pennsylvania, and is working on another True Crime story.
Tony R
Veteran journalist Tony Russo’s interests revolve around how small events affect the larger culture. Through this perspective, he’s developed a knack for helping people connect to personal stories. In the acclaimed podcast, “This Is War” Tony recounted combat veteran stories about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His latest book, “Dragged into the Light: Truthers, Reptilians, Super Soldiers and Death Inside an Online Cult” took silver for True Crime in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Both projects succeeded on the strength of Tony’s ability to contextualize actions and events that are foreign to most readers. As the editor of a weekly newsletter and podcast about the funeral industry, Tony continues finding ways to bring sense and context to esoteric topics. Tony lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore with his wife and the only of his four daughters who has yet to move out. Together they keep their dog and cats comfortable.
Brooke W
Brooke Williams is an experienced writer and journalist who has been working in the industry for close to a decade. What sets her apart from other writers is that she’s a true storyteller at heart. Her background in both theatre and journalism helps her to understand, appreciate, and empathize with others so that she is able to convey their personal message with truth and authenticity.
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Elise N
Elise Nelson is an author, editor, and mental health advocate with over a decade of experience in the publishing field. She has been the managing editor for various websites and publications and has also published multiple works of fiction and poetry. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Boise State University and is currently getting her certification in facilitating biblio/poetry therapy. When she isn’t writing, you can find Elise reading a variety of genres, from romance to literary fiction, and watching Korean dramas with her husband.
Laura W
For 25 years, Laura has written about extraordinary lives. As a case study writer for Harvard, she's interviewed captains of industry and politics, from Valerie Jarrett (senior advisor to President Obama) to Peter Neffenger (head of the TSA). But her first love is sharing poignant stories of people like Bernadette Black, whose experience as a pregnant teen drove her to upend Australia’s welfare system. Or Nadine Vogel, an advocate for special needs children—including her own. In her spare time, Laura cares for an elderly Yorkie and tools around in her red Kia Soul.
Elizabeth G
Elizabeth is a self-published memoir author, certified editor (University of Washington, Seattle) and mixed media artist. To maintain flow in the creative process, she paints when the words won’t come and utilizes various forms of media and writing styles, like visual poetry, to express story and capture a memory. Elizabeth teaches Memoir & Artistry workshops, coaches writers one-on-one and offers editorial services. She has culled more than 20 years of her own writing for her next memoir (expected in 2026) and she artfully expresses her inner world with unique formatting; she isn’t afraid of white space, indenting, writing in the margins or writing in code to infuse mystery and delight the reader. Elizabeth’s work is deeply personal and relatable, expressing the pain and subsequent joy found in healing trauma using art and story. When she isn’t writing, editing or painting, Elizabeth hosts Song & Story Open Mic events and escapes to nature for inspiration. She is also proud to be in, and partner with, the LGBTQIA+ community.
Isabella W
Isabella is a word-weaver who is here to bring better stories to life! She is a writer of stories, blogs and poems, and runs her own business as a book editor and coach. Along with an MFA in creative writing, she is a published poet and enjoys blogging on Medium. She is also the daughter of immigrant parents from China and Taiwan. In her spare time, she enjoys reading books on her Christian faith and exploring new places to eat.
Sebastian C
Sebastian has always been a storyteller; ever since he was child he has been intrigued by the power good stories hold. Creativity through writing, illustration, and other tools, is his chosen path of exploration and self-expansion. He studied Fine Arts, a Specialization in Journalism, and a Master’s in Hispanic Philology. Several of his works, articles, novels, and poems have been published in different mediums. As a Certified English-Spanish translator, he has worked on all kinds of writing projects ranging from literature to legal, from fictional to factual to biographical.
Melissa S
Melissa is an accomplished Writer and Fortune 50 Business Executive developing new business lines at Meta, The Walt Disney Company, and NBCUniversal. She served as a VIP ghostwriter for Mrs. Michelle Obama and was previously an Opinions Columnist and Feature Writer for the State Press under the former Managing Editor of the Onion. Her Pilot script, "From the Heart," was selected as a Semi-Finalist (Top 1% of Submissions) in the American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest by Judge Francis Coppola and the Zoetrope staff. She currently writes a weekly culture and media blog, "The Devil You Know." Her hobbies include equestrian sports, writing, and floristry.
Tracy O
Tracy is a former high school English teacher and newspaper editor. Her articles and photos have been published in four newspapers/magazines, covering everything from local politics to restaurant reviews to homicide investigations. She’s the recipient of a Colorado Press Association Award for best reporting. She also recently wrote a children’s book slated for publication in the summer of 2024. In her free time, she volunteers at the St. Joseph NICU in Denver, CO, holding under-snuggled preemie babies and supporting NICU parents. Her twin daughters spent three months in the same NICU after arriving almost three months early. Tracy enjoys gardening, taking her elderly Labradoodle, Woolly Bugger, on long walks, and playing pickleball, albeit poorly. She lives in Denver, CO with her husband James, and their three young children, Mack, Bonnie, & Pippa.
