Modern Memoirs, Inc.

Specialties

Anxious to document your personal and/​or family history? We specialize in as-​told-​to narratives in book form, including interviews, transcription, translations, editing, light fact-​checking, design/​format, print/​bind (private or self-​publishing) in all sizes and styles. We make it easy, we make it personal, we make it enjoyable for you. Give us a call!

History

Established in 1994.

Modern Memoirs, Inc. was established in 1994 because founder Kitty Axelson-​Berry wanted to honor her mother’s life experiences in archival form, and realized that books are the best, most comprehensive format, even today.

Along the way, she also founded the international trade association for related businesses, The Association of Personal Historians (1994); The American Tribute Center (2002), a non-​profit that wrote and privately published Tribute Books for bereaved families of ⁹⁄₁₁; and the self-​publishing imprint White Poppy Press (2010).

Since its inception, Modern Memoirs has focussed on personal service and high quality writing, editing, design, and publication. We have written or edited and produced hundreds of memoirs and other books, from memoirs of Holocaust survivors to art books by poets and painters.

Meet the Business Owner

Kitty A.

Business Owner

Kitty Axelson-​Berry was editor-​in-​chief for a large news and arts weekly, «The Valley and Springfield Advocate» newspapers for a decade before founding Modern Memoirs, Inc. in 1994. Prior to that, she wrote and edited newspapers and books in Massachusetts and Miami, Florida.

Kitty has lived in Amherst, Massachusetts since graduating from Smith College in 1971. She enjoys family, friends, «transportation sports,» peace-​building studies, and travel.