Biography & Autobiography Writing Services
We write biographies and autobiographies from recorded interviews, family archives, and documented research: a whole life, organized into a book worth keeping. Projects from $4,999.
A biography carries a different burden than a memoir: completeness. Whether it is your own life told start to finish, a parent's story assembled before the details are lost, or a founder's account of building something, the job is part writing and part archival research: dates verified, photographs gathered, competing family memories reconciled on the page.
Our biography projects usually begin with one urgent feeling: someone's stories are going to disappear. The process is built for that. Interviews happen early and are recorded, so even before the manuscript exists, the voice is preserved. Then we write, fact-check against records where they exist, and deliver a book your family will still be handing around in fifty years.
What you get
Recorded sessions with the subject and, where useful, family and colleagues. Recordings are delivered to you as their own keepsake.
Letters, photos, clippings, and records woven into the narrative and captioned properly.
Dates, places, and names verified against available records, with discrepancies flagged rather than papered over.
A structured, readable life story, not a stapled pile of anecdotes.
Private family printings or a public Amazon release, on your accounts, at your call.
From $4,999 for a 30,000-word life story. Full-length biographies with heavy research quote per word from $0.18 plus a scoped research fee.
Start a life story
Interviews recorded within weeks. The book follows.
Frequently asked questions
Can you write a biography of a parent or grandparent?
This is our most common biography project. We interview the subject directly when possible, and supplement with family interviews and records. Many families commission these as milestone-birthday or anniversary gifts.
What if the subject has already passed away?
A posthumous biography is still very possible. We work from family interviews, letters, photographs, and public records. The narrative honestly signals what is documented and what is remembered.
Autobiography or biography: which am I buying?
If it is your life told as 'I', it is an autobiography; if we write about the subject in the third person, it is a biography. Both are covered here at the same rates. If you want a themed, deeper slice of a life instead, see memoir writing.
How long does a biography project take?
Typically 5 to 8 months: about 2 months of interviews and research, then drafting and two revision rounds. If age or health makes time critical, tell us: we prioritize recording interviews within the first weeks.
Start a life story
Interviews recorded within weeks. The book follows.
- • Written quote within 24 hours, no sales call required
- • Milestone payments, about 30% to start
- • Confidential: we sign an NDA before we read a word
- • See our work first: ask for a free sample assessment
- • You own 100% of the work, always