Linda Joy Myers is the president and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, and the author of two award-winning memoirs Don’t Call Me Mother and Song of the Plains. Her three books, The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story, Becoming Whole, and Journey of Memoir, guide writers to create a powerful, truthful, and universal story. Linda Joy shares her writing insights on Substack at The Magic of Memoir, The Magic of Fiction. She’s also the author of a prize-winning debut novel, The Forger of Marseille. Together with Brooke Warner, she teaches memoir intensives here and at WriteYourMemoirinSixMonths.com.