Founding Members

The original six members of the Biographers Guild of Greater New York continue to provide a leadership role for the organization as it grows and accepts new professionals into its fold. Meet the founders below, and get a sense of the breadth of life story services we provide.

  • Susan Hood, Remarkable Life Memoirs
  • Amanda Lacson, Family Archive Business
  • Alexandra Moller, Past-to-Present
  • Cynthia Ramnarace, Memoiria
  • Dawn M. Roode, Modern Heirloom Books
  • Samantha Shubert, Remarkable Life Memoirs
 
 
Dawn Roode of Modern Heirloom Books in New Jersey

biographer

Dawn M. Roode

Areas of Expertise

  • coffee table books
  • personal history interviews
  • photo preservation
  • tributes to lost loved ones
     

READ more from dawn

  • Why write your life story when telling your life stories is likely to be more compelling? 
  • No one will tell your life stories but you. Start small by saving family photos—and their stories.

 

Dawn is the founder and principal of Modern Heirloom Books, LLC, specializing in helping families and family-run businesses preserve their legacies in bespoke coffee table books. A seasoned journalist with more than two decades experience at lifestyle titles including Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, Dawn uses many storytelling techniques adapted from magazine publishing, designing visually compelling heirloom books meant to be opened to any page and revisited often. Dawn is an open-hearted listener, and a superior project manager. “I value stories, and I sincerely want to hear yours.”