Pyle of Memories

Buy for the cause. Stay for the entertainment.
In 2014, Lesly Pyle's grandmother asked Lesly to write a memory about her. Her grandmother had dementia. She was losing her memories. And she was aware of it. Sometimes. She's the reason Lesly started a social media series for dementia awareness called #PyleOfMemories. These short stories serve as reminder to write the good stuff down before it's lost forever. Now this passion project has a bigger mission: To help fund dementia research via book sales.

For the best shot of putting a dent in a disease that affects 55 million families, Lesly asked the best storytellers she knows to write mini memoirs of their own. And within three days of launching, this book shot up Amazon's Best Seller List among titles by Tina Fey, Norm MacDonald and Bill Bryson. Most chapters are comedies. A few are tragedies. Some are both. All are great. And they all support an even greater cause. We can't thank you enough for doing the same.

*This book is for adults.

Contributing Authors (in alphabetical order by last name):

Brian Bacino, Writer and Director.

Rob Baker, Writer and Co-Founder of Baker & Bonner Creative Emporium.

Dustin Ballard, Writer and Creator of TikTok's famous "There I Ruined It" music series.

Jamie Barrett, Writer and Founder of Barrett Hofherr.

Alexis Bingham, Writer.

Michael Burbo, Writer and Musician.

Kate Catalinac, Writer.

Greg Christensen, Writer.

Andy Coulston, Art Director.

Cameron Day, Author of the "The Advertising Survival Guide" trilogy: "Chew With Your Mind Open," "Spittin' Chiclets" and "Sticks and Stones."

Suzanne Finnamore, Bestselling Author of "Split," "Crush," "Otherwise Engaged," "The Zygote Chronicles," and the upcoming book, "My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss in the Country of Dementia."

Michael Folino, Writer.

Debra Fried, Author of the popular blog, "Ruffle."

Jeff Goodby, Writer, Artist, Director, Musician and Co-Chairman of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Gerry Graf, Writer and Co-Founder of SlapGlobal.

Brandon Harper, Essay Writer and Student Athlete at the University of Oklahoma.

Ty Hutchinson, Bestselling Author of two international crime thriller collections, the "Abby Kane" series and the "Sei" series.

Thomas Kemeny, Author of "Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead in Advertising."

Kenny Lee, Author of "We, But Me. A Book for Twins."

Miles Nored, Writer.

Susan Otis, Retired Small Business Owner.

Allison Pyle, Proofreader and "Reader's Digest" Contributor.

Eric Pyle, Author of "Alice and the Magic Marker."

Lesly Pyle, Writer and Creator of the "Pyle of Memories" book and social media series.

Mark Radcliffe, Writer and Musician.

Ethan Rios, Writer and Freelance Photographer.

Russell Rowland, Author of 5 novels, including "Cold Country," and "In Open Spaces," as well as the non-fiction narrative, "56 Counties."

Rich Siegel, Author of "Round Seventeen & 1/2."

Jon Soto, Art Director and Designer of the "Pyle of Memories" book cover.

Matt Stiker, Author of the blog "What's Next > What's Now."

Luke Sullivan, Author of "Hey Whipple, Squeeze This." And "Thirty Rooms to Hide In: Insanity, Addiction and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic."

George Tannenbaum, Author of "Ad Aged," a Business Insider "Most Influential" blog.

Laura Tannenbaum, Writer.

Julia Tucker, Author.

Suzy Watson, Writer.

Jack Westerholt, Writer.

For more info and to read the first chapter, visit www.PyleOfMemories.com.