What's a Raconteur?

rac·on·teur
/ˌräˌkänˈtər/

A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way; a storyteller; a narrator

Preserving Lives and Legacies

Our writers conduct in-home or remote interviews and produce heirloom life story books for families to cherish.

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What We Do

Our expert writers conduct interviews, then dedicate months to crafting a given narrative as your personal historian. We capture the stories, wisdom, values, and history that families should never lose and create timeless legacy books our subjects share with loved ones and pass down to future generations.

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The Memoir of Joseph Frank Dubicki

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Our Story

Raconteur

Raconteur was born when founder Olivia Spallino Savoie watched her grandmothers age and feared their memories would someday be lost. She documented their stories. After seeing what the keepsake memoirs meant to her own family, she began writing life story books for families everywhere. What began as a personal family history project evolved into a calling.

The saddest sentence I know is ‘I wish I had asked my mother about that.’

~ WILLIAM ZINSSER

  • Testimonials

    "I have really enjoyed working with Raconteur on my parents’ tribute books. Olivia Savoie helped me in so many ways. I had a wonderful experience in reliving their past, and so will my boys and grandchildren."

    Sherry S.

    Daughter

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    "They [my parents] enjoyed their time with you and relished the opportunity this created to take a trip back down memory lane. The story you wrote will be a family treasure for many years."

    Terry D.

    Son

  • Testimonials

    "The end result was much more than I expected. You melded and blended my rambling memories into a cohesive train of connected events that a reader can follow and produced something I am happy to leave to my family."

    Fred v.

    Subject

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