Top 45 Memoir Influencers in 2026

1. Glennon Doyle

Bio $56M Raised 4 Global Aid
Podcast: @wecandohardthings
Books: Untamed
We Can Do Hard Things &
Love Warrior *****@glennondoyle.com Instagram Handle @glennondoyle Instagram Followers 2.1M Type Mega 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. Lyn Slater

Bio Author of “How To Be Old”, Plume, March 2024. Just life. No collaborations. *****@accidentalicon.com Instagram Handle @iconaccidental Instagram Followers 747.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female accidentalicon.com + Follow Get Email Contact

3. Caroline Calloway

Bio No, not that one. The other writer. The one you love
🌺🌸💊🥂🐍🧚‍♂️🩵🦋📘🦋🩵🧚‍♂️🐍🥂💊🌸🌺
@readingmakesyouhotter @litgirlspodcast
Party reporter for @airmailweekly *****@carolinecalloway.com Instagram Handle @carolinecalloway Instagram Followers 632.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Suleika Jaouad

Bio Author of THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY and BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS 📚♥️
Substack: @theisolationjournals
🎬: American Symphony
Stage mom to @lentilbatiste *****@caa.com Instagram Handle @suleikajaouad Instagram Followers 406.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Giovanna Silvestre

Bio 📖 Author of Confused Girl
Helping overthinkers find peace in the chaos
↓ Read Chapter 1 Free *****@confusedgirlla.com Instagram Handle @confusedgirlla Instagram Followers 371K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Brianna Madia

Bio Brianna Madia has lived a life of relentless intention, traveling the deserts of the American West in an old Ford van. She made a name for herself on social media with her inspiring captions-cum-essays about bravery, identity, nature, and subverting expectations. She lives in Utah and Oregon and wherever the road takes her, so long as her five dogs Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, Banjo, and Delilah are in the backseat. Her previous books, Nowhere for Very Long and Never Leave the Dogs Behind, were New York Times bestsellers. *****@gmail.comMORE Instagram Handle @briannamadia Instagram Followers 345.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Maggie Smith

Bio Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚Host of @slowdownshow podcast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maggiesmithpoet Instagram Followers 131.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. 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 106.8K Type Macro Gender Female sarahbessey.substack.com/arc.. + Follow Get Email Contact

9. 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 46.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Nikki Vargas

Bio assoc. editorial director @travelandleisure
bestselling author @callyouwheniland
author @wanderessbook
host @femmecirclenyc
colombian immigrant 🇨🇴 *****@unearthwomen.com Instagram Handle @niknakvargas Instagram Followers 41.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. 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 26.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Melissa Duge Spiers

Bio ExFundie/exSDA. Barnard/Columbia.
HOLY DISOBEDIENCE memoir w/ @lakedrivebooks
⬇️ORDER LINK BELOW!⬇️ Instagram Handle @the.glory.whole Instagram Followers 23.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Reema Zaman

Bio Fia’s Mama 🐾
📚 I Am Yours | In Her Grace (May ‘27) @blackstonepublishing
The Memoir Incubator - Book a Consult👇🏽
Rep @juliestevensonpfarr *****@reemazaman.com Instagram Handle @reemazaman Instagram Followers 12.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. 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

15. Allison K Williams

Bio Adventures in writing 🇦🇪 | 🇨🇦 | 🇺🇸| #binders
🌻 @RebirthYourBook writing retreats
Social Media Editor @brevitylitmag
👇🏻Editorial Consults & Coaching👇🏻 *****@idowords.net Instagram Handle @guerillamemoir Instagram Followers 11K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. 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 7.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female letstalkmemoir.podbean.com + Follow Get Email Contact

17. Viviann Diep

Bio ☁️ prioritizing books by bipoc authors
〰️ historical, memoir & translated fiction
📍 toronto, canada
💌 *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @read.withviv Instagram Followers 5.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. 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) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Melisse Gelula

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

20. 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

21. Ruthie Ackerman

Bio Author of The Mother Code, named a best book of the year by Elle & NPR 📕 Book coach and developmental editor ✍🏻 *****@ruthieackerman.net Instagram Handle @ruackerman Instagram Followers 4.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. 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 3.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. 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 3.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. 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

25. 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 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female redcircle.com/shows/qwerty9189 + Follow Get Email Contact

26. 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 3.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. 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

28. Brad Wetzler

Bio Author of Into the Soul of the World (Hachette)
Adventure writer turned memoirist + memoir teacher
New York Times • Newsweek • GQ • Outside • Nat Geo *****@bradwetzler.com Instagram Handle @bradwetzler Instagram Followers 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male bradwetzler.com + Follow Get Email Contact

29. Rachel Phan

Bio 潘美美. Professional oversharer.
Bestselling author of RESTAURANT KID 🥡
THAT ASIAN GIRL IS A PROBLEM out soon 💁🏻‍♀️ *****@rachelphan.com Instagram Handle @rachelmphan Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Rachel Sylvan

Bio Eclectic chaotic mood reader, writer, and book recs! Instagram Handle @rachelsylvanauthor Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. 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

35. 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 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Catriona Turner

Bio 🖊️ Copyediting in The Word Bothy
📕 Immersed in memoir
🪺 My own book: Nest - out now in paperback and ebook
Free Indie Author Proofreading Checklist ⬇️ *****@thefrustratednester.com Instagram Handle @catrionaturnerbooks Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. 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

38. 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) +3% Type Nano Gender Female christinewolf.com/thelatest + Follow Get Email Contact

39. 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 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. 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 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Ashley Cassandra Ford

Bio NYT & Indie bestselling memoir SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
Sometimes podcast host.
Rep: @mmqalit *****@ashleycford.com Instagram Handle @smashfizzle Instagram Followers 79.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. 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