memoirist
Personal history author
A memoirist is a person who writes memoirs—personal accounts of their own life, experiences, or observations.
The term applies both to those writing full-length autobiographical works and to essayists exploring memory and personal history: She established herself as a memoirist after her bestselling account of growing up in rural poverty.
One who writes self-history
- biographerOne who writes lives
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- diaristOne who keeps journals
- narratorOne who tells events
essayist · storyteller · raconteur · anecdotalist · ghostwriter · scribe · prose · voice
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
recollection · retrospective · rumination · soul-searching · self-discovery · memories · past · pondering
Self-penned life narrative
- lifeAnimate state
- experiencesEvents personally lived through
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- familyRelated people together
trauma · recovery · identity · legacy · testimony · witness · confession · secrets
autobiographer
One who writes self-history
- biographerOne who writes lives
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- diaristOne who keeps journals
narrator · essayist · storyteller · raconteur · anecdotalist · ghostwriter · scribe · prose · voice · style
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
nostalgia · recollection · retrospective · rumination · soul-searching · self-discovery · memories · past · pondering · meditation
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- lifeAnimate state
- experiencesEvents personally lived through
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
family · trauma · recovery · identity · legacy · testimony · witness · confession · secrets · truths
manuscript
Original text before publication
bestseller · royalties · publicity · reading · signing · blurb · review · serialization · excerpt · anthology
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- literatiauthor, writer, poet, novelist, essayist
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
memoiristbiographer
One who writes lives
hagiographer · chronicler · historian · ghostwriter · reporter
memoiristnovelist
Writer of prose narratives
fiction writer · fabulist · fantasist · mythmaker · romance novelist
memoiristjournalist
News profession practitioner
reporter · investigative journalist · war correspondent · documentary filmmaker