Top 45 Memoir Influencers in 2026

1. Giovanna Silvestre

Bio Author of Confused Girl 💕Helping you find clarity in the chaosRead the first chapter free ↓ *****@confusedgirlla.com Instagram Handle @confusedgirlla Instagram Followers 372K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 614 Memoir Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Brianna Madia

Bio Dagwood’s Mom 🕊️Desert-Dweller | Storyteller3x NYT Bestselling Author📚Homesick Nomad available now! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @briannamadia Instagram Followers 345.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Sarah Bessey

Bio 🇨🇦 Author x 5 (Latest: Field Notes for the Wilderness) | Newsletter: Field Notes | Wife & Mum to 4 🧶| Calgary (Treaty 7 Territory) | Not in DMs *****@sarahbessey.com Instagram Handle @sarahbessey Instagram Followers 106.7K Type Macro Gender Female sarahbessey.substack.com/arc.. + Follow Get Email Contact

4. Ty Herndon

Bio Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated, Dove Award winning recording artist | Memoir “What Mattered Most” available now everywhere books are sold *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tyherndonofficial Instagram Followers 42.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Nikki Vargas

Bio assoc. editorial director @travelandleisurebestselling author @callyouwhenilandauthor @wanderessbookhost @femmecirclenyccolombian immigrant 🇨🇴 *****@unearthwomen.com Instagram Handle @niknakvargas Instagram Followers 41.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Gila Pfeffer

Bio Award winning author who’s survived loss, breast cancer and being from Staten Island. #feelitonthefirst Read my book ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gilapfeffer Instagram Followers 26.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Melissa Duge Spiers

Bio ExFundie/exSDA. Barnard/Columbia.HOLY DISOBEDIENCE memoir w/ @lakedrivebooks ⬇️ORDER LINK BELOW!⬇️ Instagram Handle @the.glory.whole Instagram Followers 21.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +46% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Tessa Hulls

Bio I’m not on here these days, find my email through my site if you’re trying to reach me 😘 *****@tessahulls.com Instagram Handle @tessahulls Instagram Followers 18.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Shonda Buchanan

Bio 2026 BCALA WINNER-THE LOST SONGS OF NINA SIMONE; 2020 WINNER Next Generation Award-Black Indian: Associate Professor, WMU✨️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @shondabuchanan Instagram Followers 12.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Reema Zaman

Bio Bangladeshi-American | Fia’s Mama 🐾📚 I Am Yours | In Her Grace @blackstonepublishingThe Memoir Incubator - Book a Consult👇🏽Rep @juliestevensonpfarr *****@reemazaman.com Instagram Handle @reemazaman Instagram Followers 12.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +81% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Ronit Plank

Bio Let’s get memoir-y 🧡⁣𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁: LET’S TALK MEMOIR Podcast🎙️& Substack Author• Memoir Instructor• 𝗖𝗡𝗙 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿: @citronreview 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿: WHEN SHE COMES BACK *****@ronitplank.com Instagram Handle @ronitplank Instagram Followers 7.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female letstalkmemoir.podbean.com + Follow Get Email Contact

12. Cait West

Bio 🏡 Traverse City, MI📖 author of RIFT: A Memoir🎥 featured in @forourdaughtersfilm *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @caitwestwrites Instagram Followers 5.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Melisse Gelula

Bio Founder @memoiring Cofounded @iamwellandgoodCo-Chair @tusten_democrats Subscribe to the Memoiring Substack 👇 Instagram Handle @melissejoy Instagram Followers 5.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Lisa Cooper Ellison

Bio I help writers craft and sell tough stories.Get Your Ditch Your Inner Critic Now Masterclass ⬇️ *****@lisacooperellison.com Instagram Handle @lisacooperellison Instagram Followers 4.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Cathy Serif

Bio Fitness Coach | Nutritionist | WriterI lift heavy, write deep, & eat smart.Helping women rewrite the story their body has outgrown. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cathyserif Instagram Followers 3.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Susan Ito

Bio writer. Author of I Would Meet You Anywhere with @ohiostatepress. Member of @thewritersgrotto. Agent: @inkwellmgmt *****@inkwellmanagement.com Instagram Handle @thesusanito Instagram Followers 3.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Diana Raab

Bio Author of 14 books, memoirist and poet. Inspiring writing workshops. Healer. Mother. Grandmother. Wife. 📕🖍📒✏️🪶 *****@dianaraab.com Instagram Handle @dianaraab Instagram Followers 3.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Ruthie Ackerman

Bio Author of THE MOTHER CODE, available now from @penguinrandomhouse / Memoir doula and editing dominatrix ✍🏻@nytimes @voguemagazine @oprahdaily & more. *****@ruthieackerman.net Instagram Handle @ruackerman Instagram Followers 3.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Marion Roach Smith

Bio I teach & coach memoir to inspire the writing life you want. Author of 4 books. Work w/ me to write yours.Tap link to connect. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mroachsmith Instagram Followers 3.5K Type Nano Gender Female redcircle.com/shows/qwerty9189 + Follow Get Email Contact

20. Melissa

Bio 2️⃣9️⃣ year old book fanatic waiting to be swept up into the next plot... the next character... the next story... 📚 An aspiring writer 📓 Links👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @melsbookshelves Instagram Followers 3.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Brooke Warner

Bio Brooke Warner is Co-founder and Publisher of She Writes Press; a TEDx speaker, author, and weekly podcaster at Memoir Nation. *****@warnercoaching.com Instagram Handle @brooke_warner Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Janet Sherlund

Bio Author, adoptee, mother of two, and photography aficionado. My memoir, Abandoned at Birth: Searching for the Arms That Once Held Me, is out now 📖 *****@merylmossmedia.com Instagram Handle @janetsherlundofficial Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Darcey Gohring

Bio Host, The Writer's Corner • Curator @wisdomandwordswriters • Writing Instructor • Words in Memoir Mag, Newsweek, HuffPost, Writers Read, among others *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @darcey_gohring_writer Instagram Followers 2.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Brad Wetzler

Bio Writer, adventurer, teacher, memoirist📚Into the Soul of the World (Hachette)✍️Outside · NYT · Newsweek • GQI help people tell their truth in memoir *****@bradwetzler.com Instagram Handle @bradwetzler Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Male bradwetzler.com + Follow Get Email Contact

25. Jody

Bio Jody is Reading Simply More trashy. bookish. memoirs. gossip. unhinged women. 90s. 2000s. special needs mom. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @obsessed.abc Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Rachel Phan

Bio 潘美美. Professional oversharer. Bestselling author of RESTAURANT KID 🥡THAT ASIAN GIRL IS A PROBLEM coming 2026 💁🏻‍♀️ *****@rachelphan.com Instagram Handle @rachelmphan Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Eden Boudreau

Bio Author - Crying Wolf @bookhugpress Publicist at @simonschusterca Professional Oversharer 📚✨🌈 Lit rep: @samhaywood_litagent @transatlantic_agency *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @edenboudreau Instagram Followers 2.2K Type Nano Gender Female edenboudreaucom.wordpress.co.. + Follow Get Email Contact

28. Mikala Burroughs

Bio ✍️ Sharing What God Carried Me Through🔥 5+ Years Becoming Her📖 Memoir Soon: Addiction, Crime, Love & Heartbreak📧 Join My Free Memoir Waiting List ↓ *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @mikalathewriter Instagram Followers 2.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Rachel Sylvan

Bio Eclectic chaotic mood reader, writer, and book recs! My favorites are Found Family and women friendships/warriors/strangeness!#bookstagrammer Instagram Handle @rachelsylvanauthor Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Becca Jayne

Bio romanticising life one book at a time ✧₊⁺ʚɞ *****@prettylittlememoirs.com chronic illness girlie ౨ৎ wales, uk ✦ creator of @prosedbookclub Instagram Handle @whatbeccaread Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female prettylittlememoirs.com/cate.. + Follow Get Email Contact

31. Katherine Rose Woller

Bio 📖 bestselling author of Calling It Off✍🏼 essays on intuition, travel & motherhood📰 as seen in @forbes @yahoo @parents🎙️ podcast guest | bylines *****@katherinerosewoller.com Instagram Handle @katherinewoller Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Catriona Turner

Bio 🖊️ Copyediting in The Word Bothy📕 Immersed in memoir🪺 My own book: Nest - out now in paperback and ebookFree Indie Author Proofreading Checklist ⬇️ *****@thefrustratednester.com Instagram Handle @catrionaturnerbooks Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Edwina Shaw

Bio Edwina Shaw is a writer and editor of fiction, memoir and screenplay. Writing Retreats in Australia and around the world! *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @edwinashawauthor Instagram Followers 1.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Christine Wolf

Bio 📣 Memoir Coach🎤 StorySLAM Champ @mothstories ✏️ Owner @writers_haven_evanston❤️ Host & Facilitator @writetohealretreats & workshops *****@christinewolf.com Instagram Handle @tinywolf1 Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female christinewolf.com/thelatest + Follow Get Email Contact

35. Kerry Kriseman

Bio I help aspiring authors write, publish, and promote memoirs that matter. ✍️Host of the Making Memoir Magic Podcast 🎙️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kerry.kriseman Instagram Followers 1.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Amra Pajalic

Bio Award-winning author, teacher and editor. Crime writer #timekneelsbetweenmountains #ghostsamongthegumtrees #maddawnwinter #sekatorlakmystery *****@yahoo.com.au Instagram Handle @amrapajalicauthor Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Jessica Hill

Bio Where memories become memoirs. I help stuck writers shape their experiences into publishable memoirs. *****@jessicajhill.com Instagram Handle @jessicaj.hill Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Lyn Slater

Bio Author of “How To Be Old”, Plume, March 2024. Just life. No collaborations. *****@accidentalicon.com Instagram Handle @iconaccidental Instagram Followers 749.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female accidentalicon.com + Follow Get Email Contact

39. Caroline Calloway

Bio No, not that one. The other writer. The one you love.🌺🌸💊🥂✨🐍🧚‍♂️🩵🦋📘🦋🩵🧚‍♂️🐍✨🥂💊🌸🌺@readingmakesyouhotter @litgirlspodcast @emailtreats *****@carolinecalloway.com Instagram Handle @carolinecalloway Instagram Followers 662.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Allison K Williams

Bio Adventures in writing 🇦🇪 | 🇨🇦 | 🇺🇸| #binders🌻 @RebirthYourBook writing retreatsSocial Media Editor @brevitylitmag👇🏻Editorial Consults & Coaching👇🏻 *****@idowords.net Instagram Handle @guerillamemoir Instagram Followers 11.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Viviann Diep

Bio ☁️ prioritizing books by bipoc authors〰️ historical, memoir & translated fiction📍 toronto, canada 💌 *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @read.withviv Instagram Followers 5.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Alison Wearing

Bio Writer/Performer & Creator of Memoir Writing Ink. Also, devoted yogi, cultivator of laughter & colour enthusiast. *****@alisonwearing.com Instagram Handle @alisonwearing_memoirwriting Instagram Followers 3.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Nicole Breit

Bio Plot twist: Your life is already a bestseller ✍🏽 I help you put it togetherStory Dev • Ghostwriting• Book Coaching👇🏽 Join the Spark Story Studio ✨ *****@sparkyourstory.com Instagram Handle @sparkyourstory Instagram Followers 2.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact