The Nonfiction Author Substack Directory

Get to know your favorite nonfiction authors on a whole new level.

Feb 07, 2025

Welcome, Readers!

I put together this directory to help you find nonfiction authors worth following—both familiar names and fresh voices. Here’s what you can expect:

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Updated 7/1/25: Explore [ 151 ] Nonfiction Authors & Writers on Substack, listed alphabetically. ^ indicates a new book out in 2025!

Published Nonfiction Authors

For writers who have published at least one book, whether through traditional publishers, self-publishing, or other avenues.

From Substack to Shelf

Elissa Altman ^

Elissa Altman

is the author of the newly released Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create (3/11/25) and memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man's Feast. Subscribe to Poor Man’s Feast below:

Jesse J. Anderson

is the author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD. Subscribe to Extra Focus ADHD Newsletter below:

Dr. Emily Anhalt ^

Dr. Emily Anhalt

is the author of the newly released Flex Your Feelings: Train Your Brain to Develop the 7 Traits of Emotional Fitness. Subscribe to Emotional Pushups below:

Jami Attenberg

is the author of 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round and I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home. Subscribe to Craft Talk below:

Elissa Bassist

is the author of Hysterical: A Memoir. Subscribe to Tragedy Plus Time below:

Alison Baxter

is the author of A Cornish Cargo: The untold history of a Victorian seafaring family and Another Song at Sunset: Jean Baxter, Scots poet and friend of Lewis Grassic Gibb. Subscribe to Writing family history below:

Katie Bean

is the author of Fragile Thoughts: A Healing Memoir. Subscribe to Write to Heal below:

Chris Berdik ^

Chris Berdik

is the author of the newly released Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World - And How We Can Take It Back and Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of Expectations. Subscribe to Clamor below:

Julie Bogart ^

Julie Bogart is the author of the recently released Help! My Kid Hates Writing: How to Turn Struggling Students into Brave Writers and Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age. Subscribe to Brave Learning with Julie Bogart below:

Sari Botton

is the author of And You May Find Yourself... and also edited Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York. Subscribe to Oldster Magazine below:

Hanne Blank Boyd

is the author of Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality. Subscribe to Reasons Not to Quit below:

Kimberly Brown

is the author of Happy Relationships: 25 Buddhist Practices to Transform Your Connections with Your Partner, Family, and Friends. Subscribe to Meditation with Heart with Kimberly Brown below:

Maria Bowler ^

Maria Bowler

is the author of the newly released Making Time: A New Vision for Crafting a Life Beyond Productivity (1/21/25). Subscribe to Make Human with Maria Bowler below:

Krista Burton

Krista Burton is the author of Moby Dyke An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America. Subscribe to O Caftan My Caftan below:

Rachel Kramer Bussel

is the author of Sex and Cupcakes: A Juicy Collection of Essays and How to Write Erotica. Subscribe to Rachel Kramer Bussel’s Newsletter below:

Susan Cain

is the author of Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and Bittersweet, How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Subscribe to The Quiet Life with Susan Cain below:

Eiren Caffall

is the author of The Mourner's Bestiary. Subscribe to Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth below:

Olivia Campbell

is the author of Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine and Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History. Subscribe to Beyond Curie below:

Alice Carrière

Alice Carrière is the author of Everything/Nothing/Someone. Subscribe to Unrealistic Character below:

Valorie Castellanos Clark

is the author of Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You've (Probably) Never Heard of. Subscribe to Unruly Figures below:

John Clayton

is the author of Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America's Public Lands, and The Cowboy Girl: The Life of Caroline Lockhart. Subscribe to Natural Stories below:

Kayla Craig

is the author of Every Season Sacred: Reflections, Prayers, and Invitations to Nourish Your Soul and Nurture Your Family Throughout the Year and To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents. Subscribe to Liturgies for Parents below:

Paul Crenshaw

is the author of Melt with Me: Coming of Age and Other '80s Perils and This One Will Hurt You. Subscribe to Melt With Me below:

Tove Danovich

is the author of Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them. Subscribe to A Little Detour below:

Bridgett M. Davis ^

Bridgett M. Davis

is the author of the newly released Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy (3/11/25) and The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers. Subscribe to Naked Acts of Love below:

Robin Allison Davis ^

Robin Allison Davis

is the author of the forthcoming book Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light (9/16/25). Subscribe to On the Other Side with Robin Allison Davis below:

Nahid de Belgeonne

is the author of Soothe: Restoring Your Nervous System from Stress, Anxiety, Burnout, and Trauma. Subscribe to Soothe with Nahid de Belgeonne below:

Frankie de la Cretaz

is the author of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. Subscribe to Out of Your League below:

Madeleine Dore

is the author of I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. Subscribe to On Things below:

Michelle Dowd

is the author of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir. Subscribe to Forager Fridays below:

Cindy Eastman

is the author of True Confessions of an Ambivalent Caregiver: A Memoir in Essays. Subscribe to Silver Linings below:

Dan Ehrenkrantz

is the author of Where Are You? A Beginner's Guide to Advanced Spirituality. Subscribe to Not So Random Thoughts below:

Ashley Fenker ^

Ashley Fenker is the author of Good (Enough) Mother: Stories and Essays. Subscribe to Write My Story below:

Jordan LaHaye Fontenot ^

Jordan LaHaye Fontenot

is the author of the forthcoming Home of the Happy: A Murder on the Cajun Prairie (4/1/25) Subscribe to In the Home of the Happy below:

Julie Fontes

is the author of Like a Normal Person. Subscribe to Like a Normal Person below:

Susanna Forrest

is the author of The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History. Subscribe to Amazons of Paris below:

Ruth Franklin

Ruth Franklin is the author of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life and The Many Lives of Anne Frank. Subscribe to Ghost Stories below:

Laura Gaddis ^

Laura Gaddis

is the author of the newly released memoir: Mosaic. Subscribe to Life of a Writer below:

Emma Gannon

is the author of The Multi-Hyphen Life: Work Less, Create More, and Design a Life That Works for You. Subscribe to The Hyphen by Emma Gannon below:

Roxane Gay

is the author of Bad Feminist: Essays, and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. Subscribe to The Audacity below:

Tracey Gee ^

Tracey Gee

is the author of the recently released The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Unearthing the Wisdom of Your Desires (1/28/25). Subscribe to G is for Goal below:

Annette Gendler

is the author of the memoir Jumping Over Shadows. Subscribe to The Past and the Present below:

Elizabeth Gilbert ^

Elizabeth Gilbert

is the author of the forthcoming All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation (9/9/25) and Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Subscribe to Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert below:

Adam Grant

is the author of Hidden Potential, The Science of Achieving Greater Things, and Think Again, The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know. Subscribe to Granted below:

Kelle Groom

is the author of How to Live: A Memoir-In-Essays and I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl. Subscribe to The Continuous Life below:

Dr. Jen Gunter

is the author of The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism and The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine. Subscribe to The Vajenda below:

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is the author of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Subscribe to After Babel below:

Amy M. Hale

is the author of Rightful Place and Ordinary Skin: Essays from Willow Springs. Subscribe to From The Smokey Side of the Fire below:

Judi Harrington

is the author of Fuckery: The Life and Times of a Legend (in Her Own Mind). Subscribe to The 411 from Judi 411 below:

Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD

is the author of Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating and The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being. Subscribe to Rethinking Wellness below:

Gemma Hartley

is the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward. Subscribe to No One Loves An Angry Woman below:

Erika Hayasaki

is the author of Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family and The Death Class: A True Story About Life. Subscribe to The Reported Essay below:

Minda Honey

is the author of The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir. Subscribe to Mid. below:

Marya Hornbacher

is the author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, and Madness: A Bipolar Life. Subscribe to Going Solo at the End of the World below:

Sonya Huber

is the author of Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto, Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day, and Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System. Subscribe to Nuts and Bolts from Sonya below:

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee 🐓💨

is the author of Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life. Subscribe to Cuddle Fish below:

Kathy Izard

is the author of The Hundred Story Home: A Memoir of Finding Faith in Ourselves and Something Bigger and Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace. Subscribe to What’s Your Whisper? below:

Suleika Jaouad ^

Suleika Jaouad

is the author of the forthcoming The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life, (4/22/25) and Between Two Kingdoms, A Memoir of a Life Interrupted. . Subscribe to The Isolation Journals With Suleika Jaouad below:

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

is the author of What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures, and co-edited All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Subscribe to WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? below:

Jeanna Kadlec

is the author of Heretic: A Memoir. Subscribe to astrology for writers below:

Beth Kempton

is the author of Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life and The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life. Subscribe to SoulStack by Beth Kempton below:

Sarah Kendzior ^

Sarah Kendzior

is the author of the forthcoming The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir (4/1/25), Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America and They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent. Subscribe to Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter below:

Olga Khazan ^

Olga Khazan

is the author of the newly released Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change (3/11/25) and Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. Subscribe to Olga Khazan below:

Laura Khoudari

is the author of Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time. Subscribe to Tender at The Desk and Stove with Laura Khoudari below:

Sarah Knight

is the author of No F*cks Given: Naughty Words to Live by and Grow the F*ck Up: How to Be an Adult and Get Treated Like One. Subscribe to No F*cks Given with Sarah Knight below:

Deb Kossmann

Deb Kossmann is the author of Lost Found Kept: A Memoir.

Deborah Derrickson Kossmann's essays, feature articles and poetry have been published in The New York Times, Nashville Review, Psychotherapy Networker and Solstice Magazine to name a few. For more: https: //lostfoundkept.com/

Kerry Kriseman

is the author of Accidental First Lady: On the front lines (and behind the scenes) of local politics. Subscribe to Nothing Is Accidental below:

Adam Kucharski ^

Adam Kucharski

is the author of the forthcoming Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty (5/6/25) and The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop. Subscribe to Understanding the unseen below:

Meredith Alexander Kunz

is the co-author of Beyond Stoicism, A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers. Subscribe to The Stoic Mom below:

Tawny Lara

is the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze. Subscribe to Beyond Liquid Courage below:

Jenny Lawson (The Blogess)

Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

is the author of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, and Broken (in the best possible way). Subscribe to Jenny’s Substack: Let’s art together below:

Lorraine K. Lee ^

Lorraine K. Lee

is the author of the newly released Unforgettable Presence: Get Seen, Gain Influence, and Catapult Your Career. Subscribe to Lorraine K. Lee below:

Ian Leslie ^

Ian Leslie

is the author of John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes and others. Subscribe to The Ruffian below":

Amanda Litman ^

Amanda Litman

is the author of the newly released When We're in Charge: The Next Generation's Guide to Leadership and Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself. Subscribe to Amanda Litman below:

Aimee Liu

is the author of Gaining: The Truth about Life After Eating Disorders and Solitaire. Subscribe to Aimee Liu’s MFA Lore below:

Seth Lorinczi

is the author of Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir. Subscribe to Dispatches From the Fringe below:

Kate Manne

is the author of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia and Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Subscribe to More to Hate below:

Shannan Martin

is the author of Start with Hello (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors), The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You, and Falling Free: Rescued from the Life I Always Wanted. Subscribe to The Soup below:

Courtney Maum

is the author of an award-winning guide for writers, Before and After the Book Deal, and the memoir The Year of the Horses. Subscribe to Before and After the Book Deal below:

Katherine May

is the author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times and Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age. Subscribe to The Clearing by Katherine May below:

Sharon McMahon

is the author of The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Subscribe to The Preamble below:

Kelly McMasters

is the author of the memoir The Leaving Season. Subscribe to The Magpie below:

Amie McNee ^

Amie McNee

is the author of the newly released We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something (5/6/25) Subscribe to Amie’s Substack below:

Maggie Mertens

is the author of Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women. Subscribe to My So-Called Feminist Life by Maggie Mertens below:

Amanda Montell

is the author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, and The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. Subscribe to Magical Overthinkers below:

Greta Morgan ^

Greta Morgan

is the author of the newly released The Lost Voice: A Memoir. Subscribe to Greta Morgan below:

Melinda Wenner Moyer ^

Melinda Wenner Moyer

is the author of the forthcoming Hello, Cruel World!: Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times (5/27/25) and How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting--from Tots to Teens. Subscribe to Now What below:

Toby Neal

is the author of the memoir Freckled A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii and Open Road A Midlife Memoir of Travel and the National Parks. Subscribe to Passages: Travel the USA and more! below:

Morgan Harper Nichols

is the author of Peace Is a Practice: An Invitation to Breathe Deep and Find a New Rhythm for Life and You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead. Subscribe to Morgan Harper Nichols below:

Michelle Nijhuis

is the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction. Subscribe to Conservation Works below:

Brendan O'Meara ^

Brendan O'Meara

is the author of the newly released The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine. Subscribe to the Creative Nonfiction Podstack below:

Laura Pashby

is the author of Little Stories of Your Life: Find Your Voice, Share Your World, and Tell Your Story and Chasing Fog: Finding Enchantment in a Cloud. Subscribe to Small Stories with Laura Pashby below:

Emily Lynn Paulson

is the author of Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing and Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life. Subscribe to The Outsider Scoop below:

John Pavlovitz

is the author of Worth Fighting for: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending. Subscribe to The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz below:

Christopher Pepper ^

Christopher Pepper

is the co-author of the forthcoming Talk to Your Boys: 17 Conversations to Help Your Son Grow Into a Confident and Caring Young Man.(9/5/25) Subscribe to Teen Health Today below:

Daniel Pink

is the author of The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward and When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. Subscribe to The Pink Report below:

Kim Pittaway

is the co-author of Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement and Unconditional: Break Through Past Limits to Transform Your Future. Subscribe to I Have Thoughts below:

Ronit Plank

is the author of When She Comes Back and Home Is a Made-Up Place. Subscribe to Let’s Talk Memoir below:

Kelly V. Porter ^

Kelly V. Porter

is the author of The Weather Officer: The Story of Alonzo Smith Jr. and His Epic Journey Through Forecasting and Flight. Subscribe to Bios & Backstories below:

Misty Pratt

is the author of All in Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women's Mental Health. Subscribe to All In Her Head below:

Catherine Price

is the author of How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition: The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan and The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Subscribe to How to Feel Alive with Catherine Price below:

Daniel Puzzo

is the author of A Classroom in Kyiv: Life Lessons for English Learners. Subscribe to Teacher by Trade; Mentor by Mistake below:

Melissa Radke ^

Melissa Radke

is the author of the newly released Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This Way and Eat Cake. Be Brave. Subscribe to Stretch Marks below:

Cassidy Randall ^

Cassidy Randall

is the author of the newly released Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali (3/4/25). Subscribe to The Wilder Path below:

Nancy Reddy ^

Nancy Reddy

is the author of the newly released The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom, (1/21/25). Subscribe to Write More, Be Less Careful below:

Bonny Reichert ^

Bonny Reichert

is the author of the newly released How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty, (1/21/25). Subscribe to Field & Pantry below:

Ruth Reichl

is the author of Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise and others. Subscribe to La Briffe below:

Christina Rivera (Cogswell) ^

christina rivera (cogswell)

is the author of the forthcoming My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women (3/15/25). Subscribe to Moby Bytes below:

Jenn Romolini

is the author of Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures and Ambition Monster: A Memoir. Subscribe to extended scenes below:

Lisa Rogak ^

Lisa Rogak

is the author of the newly released Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS (3/4/25), Who Is Alex Trebek?:A Biography, Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart and others. Subscribe to Rooting Around below:

Elizabeth Rosner

is the author of Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening, and Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory. Subscribe to Listening Inside and Out below:

Robyn Ryle

is the author of She/He/They/Me: An Interactive Guide to the Gender Binary. Subscribe to You Think Too Much below:

Elizabeth Rynecki

is the author of Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy. Subscribe to Ink Trails: A Chronicle in Creativity below:

River Selby ^

River Selby (they/them)

is the author of the forthcoming: Hotshot: A Life on Fire (8/12/25). Subscribe to navel gazing below:

Tanmeet Sethi, MD

is the author of Joy Is My Justice: Reclaim What Is Yours. Subscribe to Your Integrative Physician | Tanmeet Sethi, MD below:

Deborah Siegel-Acevedo

is the author of Sisterhood, Interrupted. Subscribe to What the Flux with Deborah Siegel-Acevedo below:

Ginni Simpson

is the author of The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life. Subscribe to The Other Side of Young below:

Lyn Slater

Lyn Slater is the author of How to Be Old:Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon. Subscribe to Dispatches From The Shed below:

Virginia Sole-Smith

is the author of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, and The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America. Subscribe to Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith below:

Emily Smith

Dr. Emily Smith

is the author of The Science of the Good Samaritan: Thinking Bigger about Loving Our Neighbors. Subscribe to Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist below:

Maggie Smith ^

Maggie Smith

is the author of the forthcoming Dear Writer, Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life (4/1/25) and the memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Subscribe to For Dear Life with Maggie Smith below:

Stephanie Duncan Smith

is the author of Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway. Subscribe to Slant Letter below:

Katherine E. Standefer

is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life. Subscribe to The Wild and Holy Moment below:

Mary Catherine Starr ^

Mary Catherine Starr

is the author of the newly released Mama Needs a Minute!: A Candid, Funny, All-Too-Relatable Comic Memoir about Surviving Motherhood. (3/11/25) Subscribe to Momlife Comics: This Is Personal below:

Amy Stewart

is the author of The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession, The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks, and Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities. Subscribe to It’s Good To Be Here below:

Sarah Stodola

is the author of The Last Resort:A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach. Subscribe to Flung below:

Sophie Strand ^

Sophie Strand

is the author of the newly released The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir, A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and the Human (3/4/25). Subscribe to Make Me Good Soil below:

Elissa Strauss

is the author of When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others. Subscribe to Made with Care below:

Cheryl Strayed

is the author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar. Subscribe to Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar below:

Clover Stroud

is the author of The Giant on the Skyline: On Home, Belonging and Learning to Let Go, The Red of my Blood: A Death and Life Story and My Wild and Sleepless Nights. Susbcribe to Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels below:

Heather Sweeney ^

Heather Sweeney

is the author of the forthcoming Camouflage: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage. Subscribe to Days Like This below:

Mallary Tenore Tarpley ^

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

is the author of the forthcoming Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery (8/5/25). Subscribe to Write at the Edge below:

Nedra Glover Tawwab

is the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself. Subscribe to Nedra Nuggets below:

Abigail Thomas

is the author of Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing, A Three Dog Life, and Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life. Subscribe to What Comes Next? below:

Tamu Thomas

is the author of Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity and Find Your Joy. Subscribe to THE LIBERATED WOMAN - with Tamu Thomas below:

Gabrielle Treanor

is the author of The 1% Wellness Experiment: Micro-Gains to Change Your Life in 10 Minutes a Day. Subscribe to The Haven below:

Laura Tremaine

is the author of The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs and Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level. Subscribe to Laura Tremaine’s Secret Substack below:

Lori Tucker-Sullivan

is the author of I Can't Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy. Subscribe to Flick of the Wrist below:

Julie Vick

is the author of Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?): The Introvert's Guide to Surviving Parenthood. Subscribe to Humor Me below:

Karen Walrond ^

Karen Walrond

is the author of the forthcoming In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur (9/23/25), The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy, Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell. Subscribe to the make light journal below:

Casey Mulligan Walsh ^

Casey Mulligan Walsh

is the author of the newly released The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared (2/18/25). Subscribe to Embracing the Full Catastrophe below:

Esme Weijun Wang

Esmé Weijun Wang

is the author of The Collected Schizophrenias. Subscribe to Reasons for Living with Esmé Weijun Wang below:

Meghan J. Ward

is the author of Lights to Guide Me Home: A Journey Off the Beaten Track in Life, Love, Adventure, and Parenting. Subscribe to FIELD NOTES with Meghan J. Ward below:

Brooke Warner

is the author of Write On, Sisters! Voice, Courage, and Claiming Your Place at the Table. Subscribe to Writerly Things with Brooke Warner below:

Sarah Weinman

is the author of Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit & Obsession, Scoundrel: The True Story of the Murderer Who Charmed His Way to Fame and Freedom, and The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece. Subscribe to The Crime Lady below:

Alissa Wilkinson ^

Alissa Wilkinson

is the author of the newly released We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine (3/11/25) and Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women. Subscribe to Commonplace Book below:

Christine Yu

is the author of Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. Subscribe to Reading Between the Lines below:

Emerging Nonfiction Voices

For writers who are still building their body of work or haven't published a book yet. This section includes essayists, bloggers, or those involved in nonfiction-related writing in other forms (like articles, blog posts, or features).

Elizabeth Austin

is a writer and solo cancer mom. Her work has been published with Narratively, Harper's Bazaar, McSweeney's, HuffPost, The Sun, and others. She is the co-editor of a forthcoming anthology featuring essays that explore the intersection between isolation and healthcare. Subscribe to Writing Elizabeth below:

Hanna Kozlowska

is a freelance writer and reporter, formerly with Quartz, The New York Times, and Foreign Policy magazine. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, The New Republic, The Guardian, Vox, NBC News, Elle, Politico Europe, Outside, Vogue Poland, and more. Her forthcoming book U Up? a social history of online dating, will be published in early 2027. Sign up for the mailing list for when the pre-order goes live here. Subscribe to The Book Project below:

Kelly Thompson

essays, interviews, and poetry have appeared in Memoir Land, BOMB, LARB, Guernica, Proximity, Fatal Flaw, Yoga Journal, and other literary magazines. She is the founding editor and curator of The Rumpus Original Column Voices On Addiction. Subscribe to There’s Nothing Wrong With You (And There Never Was) below:

Katrina Anne Willis

is a writer whose bylines include: The Huffington Post and the NYT. Her forthcoming memoir, Hurricane Lessons, debuts in 2025. Subscribe to Surrendering to Sappho below:

Nonfiction Mentors & Community Leaders

For writers who are actively creating spaces for others, either through workshops, support groups, or as part of writing communities. This category also includes nonfiction instructors, critique partners, and those who nurture others in the craft of nonfiction writing.

Coming Soon

Bookmark this link to access the directory quickly: The Nonfiction Author Substack Directory

I’ll be updating this list regularly, so be sure to check back often for new additions.

And if you know a great nonfiction author on Substack—or are one yourself—drop a comment and help grow this resource!

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