As a celebrity memoirist who’s helped tell the stories of some of the most influential voices of our time, I’ve read hundreds of memoirs. Michelle Obama’s Becoming still holds a sacred place on my shelf—and in my spirit.

Here’s why:
1: It dignifies the ordinary.
The pages of this memoir remind us that extraordinary people are often born in everyday circumstances. Becoming doesn’t glamorize—it honors. From the South Side of Chicago to the White House, her story gives permission to embrace our beginnings.

2: It tells the whole truth.
The vulnerability. The doubt. The struggle to balance identity, family, ambition, and love. It’s not curated perfection—it’s lived experience. And in telling it fully, she created a roadmap for the rest of us.

3: It is legacy work.
Becoming is not just a book—it’s a record. A record that will live beyond Mrs. Obama. A blueprint for what happens when we own our narratives. A reminder that when we tell the truth, we free more than just ourselves.

I write memoir to chronicle the stories of our leaders, icons, and change agents must not be lost to whispers or rewritten by time.

Whether it’s Michelle Obama’s Becoming, Tamika Mallory’s I Lived To Tell The Story, or Jada Pinkett Smith’s Worthy, each of these memoirs does more than inspire—they document. They preserve. They remind us that stories are our most powerful currency.

At the end of the day, storytelling is not about vanity—it’s about legacy.
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I’m not a ghostwriter. I’m a cultural preservationist.