By StoryTerrace · 10,000+ life stories written

Your life story, written for you.

Answer questions out loud, on video, or by typing. We write it into a real memoir and print it as a full-colour hardback with your name on the spine.

By StoryTerrace — rated 4.8/5 by thousands of families

10,000+ life stories made into books

10,000+ life stories made into books 10,000+ life stories made into books
How it works

You talk. We do the rest.

No blank page, no writing, nothing technical to learn. You'll be asked good questions — and the answers become a book.
Answer the questions.
At your pace

Answer the questions.

Choose 10, 20 or 50. Answer out loud, on video, or by typing. Follow-up questions draw out the detail you'd have left out. Nobody hands you a blank page.
We write it.
You approve everything

We write it.

First an outline, then a sample chapter — and you choose the writing style that sounds most like you. Change whatever you like. Then the full manuscript, yours to edit or sign off.
Your book arrives.
Within weeks

Your book arrives.

Add your photographs, choose your cover, and we print it. A full-colour hardback with your name on the spine — and copies for everyone who should have one.
What StoryTerrace families say

The book they'll keep.

From the people who've written 10,000+ life stories.

By StoryTerrace

From the people behind 1,000s of life stories.

Fondly is made by StoryTerrace. The team that has spent over a decade crafting life-story books for families around the world. Same craft, same care. Now at a price for everyone.

10+ years
telling life stories
10,000+
stories told
500+
biographers & writers
$5k–$50k
cost of the books we craft for families worldwide
Money-back guarantee

If it doesn't move you, it's on us.

Full refund within 30 days. No forms, no fuss.

No tech savvy needed

If you can take a call, you can do this.

Talk, type or record on any device. No app to learn, no password to lose.

Yours, always

Your story belongs to you.

Fondly takes no copyright — your words, your recordings and your photographs stay yours, and you can download everything at any point. Keep it stored with us after your book is finished for $2.99.

Start with one conversation.

Not a book. Not a project. One conversation, and the rest follows from there.

Start your book
Simple pricing

Three ways to do it.

Do it yourself with our tools, or have a professional interviewer draw it out of you. Either way, you end up with the book.

The Book
— Fondly

The Book

$99

Your life story, written for you and printed as a full-colour hardback. Everything included.

  • The hardback book — designed and printed on archival paper
  • Guided prompts — talk or type
  • Answer out loud, on video, or in writing
  • Family can add photos and stories
  • Extra copies available for the family
Get started
StoryTerrace Classic
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StoryTerrace Classic

From $1,900

Prefer to have it written for you? StoryTerrace's most popular package pairs you with a professional ghostwriter who interviews you and crafts your life story into a beautifully designed hardback.

  • A professional ghostwriter, matched to you
  • Interviews — in person or remote
  • Fully written, edited and designed for you
  • Hardbound, full-colour printed books
  • The premium end of the memoir world
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From the founder

A decade of life stories.

Rutger Bruining
I started StoryTerrace in 2014 because my father nearly didn't get to tell his story — and I realised almost nobody does. Twelve years and more than ten thousand life stories later, we've learned exactly what it takes to get a life onto the page: good questions, patient listening, and craft. Fondly is all of that, made simple enough for everyone. The stories were always yours. Now the telling is too.
Rutger Bruining
Founder & CEO, StoryTerrace

Start with one conversation.

Not a book. Not a project. One conversation, and the rest follows from there.

Start your book
Why now

You've meant to do this for years.

Everyone at the table has said it. The notebook came out one Christmas and never quite got filled. The intention has been there a decade — what's been missing is a way to start.

i.

They've heard the punchlines. Not the story.

Your family can recite the three anecdotes you always tell. What surrounds them — the years, the reasons, what it actually cost — has never been said out loud.

ii.

The notebook with four pages filled in.

Someone bought it for you with the best intentions. Starting from a blank page is the reason it's still on the shelf.

iii.

“I'll get round to it” is a decade old.

Every family dinner, someone says you should write this down. You laugh and say you will. It's been years.

iv.

Decades they'll only meet in textbooks.

You've lived through things your grandchildren will only ever read about. Right now, the only copy is in your head.

The questions

Every life has more stories than it thinks.

A few of the questions that do the asking. Answer the ones you like, skip the ones you don't.

The Fondly Memoir

Your life story, written. Everything included.

A properly made hardback — written from your stories, your photographs, your voice.

★★★★★ StoryTerrace rated 4.8 / 5 by 1000s of families

  • The keepsake film — edited, scored, shareable
  • The hardback book — designed and printed on archival paper
  • Guided prompts — talk or type
  • Family can add photos and voices
  • Your name on the spine
$99.00

30-day money-back guaranteeYour memories are yours — download everything, alwaysOne-time price, not a subscription

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Fondly work?

Each week you receive a prompt by email or text. Answer in your own words, and we turn your stories into a beautifully printed book.

Is Fondly a subscription?

No — you pay once for your book project. There are no recurring fees.

Can I give Fondly as a gift?

Yes. Choose the gift option at checkout and we will guide your recipient through getting started.

When will I receive my book?

You set the pace. Most members finish and order their printed book within a year.