- A story is to share, how Ruth Krauss found another way to tell a tale, words by Carter Higgins ; pictures by Isabelle Arsenault
- Rose Wilder Lane, her story, Rose Wilder Lane and Roger Lea MacBride
- Hungry heart, adventures in life, love, and writing, Jennifer Weiner
- House of prayer no. 2, a writer's journey home, Mark Richard
- Gordon Korman, by Chris Bowman
- Getting to know Jon Scieszka, the true story, Weston Woods Studios, Inc. ; produced and directed by Paul R. Gagne, Melissa Reilly Ellard
- E.B. White
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life
- Mary Pope Osborne, by Chris Bowman
- Libertarians on the prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the making of the Little House Books, Christine Woodside
- The journey that saved Curious George, the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, by Louise Borden ; illustrated by Allan Drummond
- Who was Ernest Hemingway?, by Jim Gigliotti ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- The invisible thread, an autobiography, by Yoshiko Uchida
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- Gary Paulsen, Sarah L. Thomson
- Logical family, a memoir, Armistead Maupin
- Why didn't you tell me?, a memoir, Carmen Rita Wong
- About Alice, Calvin Trillin
- Shirley Jackson, a rather haunted life, Ruth Franklin
- King of the mild frontier, an ill-advised autobiography, Chris Crutcher
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life, James Patterson
- A prairie girl's faith, the spiritual legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines
- About this life, journeys on the threshold of memory, Barry Lopez
- This boy's life, a memoir, Tobias Wolff
- Ashley Bryan, words to my life's song, by Ashley Bryan, with photographs by Bill McGuinness
- A man without a country, Kurt Vonnegut ; edited by Daniel Simon
- The Hemingway women, Bernice Kert
- Angels don't die, my father's gift of faith, Patti Davis
- Working, researching, interviewing, writing, Robert A. Caro
- Yarn, remembering the way home, Kyoko Mori
- S.E. Hinton, Antoine Wilson
- Dav Pilkey, by Chris Bowman
- The names of the stars, a life in the wilds, Pete Fromm
- The mockingbird next door, life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
- Travels with Charley, in search of America, John Steinbeck
- The happiest man alive, a biography of Henry Miller, by Mary Dearborn
- Prairie fires, the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Caroline Fraser
- Truman Capote, in which various friends, enemies, acquaintances, and detractors recall his turbulent career, George Plimpton
- Dr. Seuss, the great doodler, Kate Klimo ; illustrator, Steve Johnson
- Where the past begins, a writer's memoir, Amy Tan
- Prairie girl, the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by William Anderson ; illustrations by Renée Graef
- When we were the Kennedys, a memoir from Mexico, Maine, Monica Wood
- The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books, by Marta McDowell
- Caught by the sea, my life on boats, Gary Paulsen
- Horizon, by Barry Lopez
- The wall, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- These precious days, essays, Ann Patchett
- Who was Dr. Seuss?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- The best of us, a memoir, Joyce Maynard