Fondly Interviewed
The guided memoir. Four hours of interviews with a professional biographer draw out your story — then we create the manuscript and print your book. Everything in Fondly Told, plus the interview.
What's included
A properly made hardback with your name on the spine — created, edited and designed for you.
Not a scrapbook, not a print-out, not your answers stapled together — your real life story, printed as a full-colour hardback you'd be glad to shelve and glad to hand over.
Fondly asks the questions — you answer out loud, on video, or by typing, the way you'd tell it at the table. Smart follow-ups draw out the detail you'd have skipped. You never face an empty page.
Fondly is built on twelve years of StoryTerrace biographies — the same editors, the same designers, the same standards as books that cost thousands.
No blank page, no writing, nothing technical to learn. You'll be asked good questions — and the answers become a book.
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.
At your pace
First an outline, then style samples to choose the voice that sounds most like you. Change whatever you like. Then the full manuscript, yours to edit or sign off.
You approve everything
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.
Within weeks
No blank page, no homework, no deadline to dread. They open a warm invitation to tell their story. With Fondly Interviewed they get a professional interviewer, or with Fondly Told gentle prompts, to draw out their stories.
On the day
They answer the questions the way they'd tell it at the table - out loud, in writing, or over a call. And share the photographs as they go. All at their own pace.
At their own pace
A proper hardback with their name on the spine. Theirs to keep, yours to hand down, with copies for everyone who should have one.
Within weeksFrom the people who've written 4,000+ life stories.
"I'd held my story in my head for 14 years, and finally StoryTerrace brought it to life — in the most beautiful way. The whole process was smooth, encouraging, thoughtful and a real pleasure."
"This was easier than I thought it would be. As someone who struggles to talk about himself, I found myself bringing up memories that had started to fade — and my children enjoyed reading the book."
"Another off the bucket list. Together we produced a marvellous hardback book — my life story, a wonderful gift for my children and grandchildren. Any amendments were quickly sorted."
"Bought this for my grandmother and the book turned out absolutely beautiful. Everyone in the family loved it, and we're already getting more copies printed. The best gift you can give someone you love."
"The support I received through the whole process — my story being captured, and the final printing — was absolutely phenomenal. Every word was put on paper to my total satisfaction."
"The whole process was fantastic. They matched the perfect writer for my grandfather's war diaries, and the books arrived beautifully printed. I'm beyond thrilled. Don't hesitate."
"I wanted my 96-year-old mother to tell her story — she's had an amazing life. She was matched with a lovely, patient writer, and the whole process was so bonding for me, my brother and my mother."
"An exceptional service from beginning to end. We're absolutely thrilled with the result — a book about our mum that we'll treasure forever."
"The writing, the interview experience and the final print quality exceeded all our expectations. We're ordering several more copies to share with the wider family."
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.
Full refund within 30 days. No forms, no fuss.
Talk, type or record on any device. No app to learn, no password to lose.
500+ StoryTerrace writers, editors and designers — ready for the finishing touches whenever you want them.
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 four 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.
Questions
And if there's something here we haven't answered, just ask — a real person will reply.
