About Legacies & Memories

Founded in 1999, Legacies & Memories is an award-winning boutique biography firm – small enough to provide the ultimate in personalized service and customized books, but large enough and experienced enough to ensure excellence in writing, editing and book production. We write books for family, for business, or to publish.

We are based in historic St. Augustine, Florida, the nation's oldest city. Legacies & Memories serves clients throughout the United States.

For our clients who want to have their book published, we publish it for free if we write their story.

For writers and authors working in fiction, nonfiction and most genres, we provide affordable book publishing and global distribution. For prices and details, please contact us or visit our publishing website: LegaciesandMemoriesPublishing.com

Legacies & Memories has written numerous books and produced thousands of copies. The firm and its president and founder, E.L (Ed) Wilks, have been featured in newspapers and magazines, and on television and radio. He has taught national life story-writing classes for Elderhostel and has been a frequent speaker to groups and organizations on the importance of preserving life stories. He also is the author of several publications on why and how to write your life story.

Clients who have commissioned us to write their life story include retirees, seniors, baby boomers, executives, entrepreneurs and others from all walks of life. We also have written, edited and produced books for multi-million-dollar companies and organizations. Among those books: a corporate history, which won a national Axiom award.

Some of Our Clients

The CEO of one of Florida’s largest companies
An 80-year-old entrepreneur who built multi-million dollar businesses
The founder of a 46-year-old heating and air conditioning company
An entrepreneur who sold his building services company for $100 million
A former CEO of an approximately $4 billion corporation
An oil and gas industry entrepreneur
A retired executive from one of the nation’s top transportation companies
A former CEO of a large oil and gas corporation
A $600 million insurance company
The president and founder of a custom equipment manufacturing company
A restaurateur whose career also included government service and civic work
An entrepreneur whose career included banking, law and real estate
A college, which commissioned a biography of its retiring president
A couple who spent a lifetime in agriculture, politics and civic work
A minister and church administrator
A retired minister and counselor
A retired teacher who traveled the world
A retired physician
A retired university president

Legacies & Memories

"It is not only my belief, but also that of my immediate family and close friends that the biography, Mary Jo . . . 'Tells It Like It Is', accurately chronicles my life. I found the style of writing to be one that holds the interest of the reader, and I have, since its publication, received numerous favorable comments from those who have been given copies."

Mary Jo Stansfield

"My children and their children will have the knowledge and understanding of who Mary Jo and Charles Stansfield were, in a firsthand account of their lives . . . This book will be treasured by her and all the family. Thank you for all your time and skill in bringing it together."

Richard Stansfield

"I worked on (a manuscript) for about a year-and-a-half, but all I had was about 25 or 30 pages . . . I'm 68. I figured if I didn't get someone else to help me with the book, it might never get done." (Commissioned Legacies & Memories to write his biography and a companion book about his business advice.)

L. Gale Lemerand

"We were very pleased that we engaged Mr. Ed Wilks and Legacies & Memories to write our biography . . . He was always patient and understanding of our situation, as well as knowing how to put our story into words that are effective . . . We highly recommend Mr. Ed Wilks and Legacies & Memories."

Betty and Michael Steflik

"The biography provides insight into Dr. Bronson as a person and a leader. A reader will also get a better understanding of Dr. Bronson's decision-making process and his struggles to balance his compassion and respect for each person with the tough decisions he had to make as a leader." (In a news release about the retiring president's biography and a companion book of his quotes.)

Bethune Cookman

"Please feel free to use any of my remarks . . . as a testimonial to my satisfaction and pride in your work product. Perhaps you can further evidence my satisfaction by telling folks that after I saw our company story (A Legacy of Trust, written by Legacies & Memories), I spent my own hard earned money to have you do our family history."

G.W. Jacobs

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Legacies & Memories, LLC
St. Augustine, Florida
(904) 293-9893