Memoir and Nonfiction
Today, there are many ways to write a book on a nonfiction subject that you are passionate about. Below I provide some examples of the different types of nonfiction I enjoy reading and am interested in coaching.
As a Psychologist who has worked with adults and children as well as families, teachers, and schools; I specialize in books related to personal stories/memoir, personal growth, mental health issues, education, and children’s literature.
Please note that I don’t coach business or motivational books.
As a Psychologist who has worked with adults and children as well as families, teachers, and schools; I specialize in books related to personal stories/memoir, personal growth, mental health issues, education, and children’s literature.
Please note that I don’t coach business or motivational books.
Psychology/Personal Growth/Self Help
Grit Angela Duckworth
Mindset Carol Dweck
Tell Me a Story: Sharing Stories to Enrich your Childs World: Elaine Reese
Quiet Susan Cain
The Highly Sensitive Person Elaine Aron
Raising Your Spirited Child Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Helping Your Anxious Child Ronald Rapee, et al.
The Dance of Anger
Hybrid
Personal story with guide to personal growth
The Gifts of Imperfection Brene Brown
The Way of Transition William Bridges
Dinner: A Love Story Jenny Rosenstrach
Hybrid
Personal story with guide to personal growth
The Gifts of Imperfection Brene Brown
The Way of Transition William Bridges
Dinner: A Love Story Jenny Rosenstrach
Memoir
Roadmap to Holland Jennifer Graf Groneberg
Confessions of a Mediocre Widow Catherine Tidd
The Water is Wide Pat Conroy
Teacher Man Frank McCourt
H is for Hawk Helen Macdonald
Hillbilly Elegy J D Vance
Educated Tara Westover
Travelogues/Pilgrimages
Eat, Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert
Traveling with Pomegranates Sue Monk Kidd
Profiles of People and Places
Among School Children Tracy Kidder
Mountains beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder
Travels with Charley in Search of America John Steinbeck
Travelogues/Pilgrimages
Eat, Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert
Traveling with Pomegranates Sue Monk Kidd
Profiles of People and Places
Among School Children Tracy Kidder
Mountains beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder
Travels with Charley in Search of America John Steinbeck
Books about Children’s Literature—Biographies and Autobiographies About Authors of Children’s Literature—Literary Criticism
Crazy Love: An Autobiographical Account of Marriage and Madness Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Girl from Yamhill Beverly Cleary
My Own Two Feet Beverly Cleary
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White Melissa Sweet
Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature Leonard Marcus
A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children Katherine Paterson
Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood Maria Tartar
A Critical Handbook of Children’s Literature Rebecca J Luken
Crazy Love: An Autobiographical Account of Marriage and Madness Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Girl from Yamhill Beverly Cleary
My Own Two Feet Beverly Cleary
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White Melissa Sweet
Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature Leonard Marcus
A Sense of Wonder: On Reading and Writing Books for Children Katherine Paterson
Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood Maria Tartar
A Critical Handbook of Children’s Literature Rebecca J Luken
