as in autobiographer
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Recent Examples of memoirist
Quintessential Millennial Brooklyn jeweler Catbird recently announced a collab with indie popper Japanese Breakfast, aka bestselling memoirist Michelle Zauner.
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Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirist
Noun
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The long poems pose an additional problem for a biographer: in these retrospective works, written in the seventies and eighties, Schuyler became a late-breaking autobiographer.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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How zines taught Jeff Miller to be a novelist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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American critic and novelist Susan Sontag had her as a likely future contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This session will examine how regional markets leverage policy, tax incentives, workforce development, and public-private collaboration to build sustainable creative economies that expand access and opportunity for Black storytellers.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Mayor Andre Dickens announced the launch of the Atlanta Culture House, a space that will bring together artists, performers and storytellers in the heart of downtown.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2024
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Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2022
Noun
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Both of them were writers—Lowell a poet, Hardwick an essayist and novelist.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2026
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Megan O’Grady is a critic and an essayist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Memoirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirist. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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