Author of two of her own memoirs – Fraying: Mum, memory loss, the medical maze and me (New South Publishing) and 700 Days in El Salvador (Coretext) – Michele Gierck is a specialist memoir writer and professional biographer who accepts private commissions.

Having worked with, and written for, some of Australia’s top entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and their families (and others with significant stories) -- Michele knows how to listen, and how to bring personal and business stories to life on the page. She finds the shape of the narrative and writes it in a way that does justice to those who lived the experience.

Memoir writing with Michele is a creative and collaborative process that takes time and commitment as she draws out the story behind the business -- from those who shaped founders' lives to the colleagues who helped make the company what it is, from reflection on risks, decisions and impacts to important personal experiences and people.

Every memoir is different. That includes the voice on the page and the way in which it is told. There could be in-depth family and colleague interviews, or substantial research. Sometimes only the founder is interviewed. Or perhaps there's a rough first draft. Michele starts where you are at and shapes your stories and interviews into a compelling, carefully crafted memoir.

An experienced and thoughtful interviewer, Michele is a highly skilled non-fiction writer who enjoys working with people who have a significant story to tell -- those who are ready to commit the time, thought and resources needed to tell their story.

A member of the Australian Society of Authors, Michele has over 20 years of experience in memoir writing, and has an acute understanding of memoir, having written two herself.

If you have a significant story you’d like to tell, and are ready to explore the way forward, please contact Michele via the contact page on this website. (If possible, include an overview of the story, where you are based, and if any drafts have been written. )

Services:

• Specialist memoir writer,
• Professional biographer,
• Highly experienced ghostwriter,
• Skilled shaping your first draft,
• Manuscript assessment,
• Arranges fine editing and proofreading,
• Engaging speaker.

Michele enjoys collaborating with people who feel compelled to tell their own story.

For testimonials, see below.