Begin here.

  • Start with the gift

    Browse the seven collections and choose what feels right. At checkout, share a few details about the recipient. Within a day, a written story is sent back to you connecting the gift, the person, and the meaning between them. Once you approve it, we ship your gift in beautiful packaging with the story enclosed.

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  • Start with your person

    Not sure what to give? Tell us a few things about the person first. Within a day, two or three gift suggestions are sent back, each with a note on why it might be the right one. Choose what feels right, and the story is written to go with it.

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Both paths take a little time, but every worthwhile story does.

Prefer to choose your own gift and write your own message? You can do that too.

Explore the collections.

The library.

A lifetime of reading is part of what shaped The Author. If you're looking for a book to give, or one to keep for yourself, you can find a list of titles we love at our Bookshop.org® library, where every purchase supports independent booksellers.

Browse the library

Every gift is saying something.

The gifts that mean the most are the ones that touch a specific detail - a book someone mentioned, a passion someone has, a memory only the giver caught. The connection we have to the people in our lives and what matters to them is one of the most intangible, but most important, parts of being human. The Author exists to make that connection something you can hold.

OUR STORY

A reminder that love wins.

Our North Star collection. Love is not the soft answer. Love is the whole answer.

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The Prayer Wall

Leave a prayer or intention here for someone you love, for yourself, or for whatever the world is holding right now. You can leave it anonymously. Every prayer submitted becomes part of a shared wall, where visitors can see they are not alone in what they are carrying or celebrating.

Once a month, every intention gathered here is printed, blessed, and burned as an act of release, and the wall begins again.

VISIT THE PRAYER WALL