Two Names on the Deed
A Family Saga about the house your grandparents bought when they had no business buying a house, and everything that happened in it afterwards. One of them leads; the other is in every chapter.
A Book Built From Your Grandparents' Stories
A real 220+ page novel made from your grandparents' story, with one of them as the main character and the rest of the family around them.
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Why grandparents make unusually good main characters
Your grandparents are the part of the family history nobody wrote down. This turns it into a real 220+ page novel, about 18 to 20 chapters, with one of them as the main character and the other, plus the children and grandchildren, in the story around them. You answer up to ten questions about where they are from, the work they did, the people who mattered and the things they always say, and our AI writes the book from those answers. That part is worth saying plainly, because a family usually asks: the life is theirs, the answers are yours, and the writing is done for you.
One main character per book is the rule, and it is worth planning around. If their story is really one story, pick whichever of them the book should follow and let the other run through every chapter. If they are two very different people, make two books and hand them over together at the same table. Either way you choose from 14 genres: Life Story for the version closest to what actually happened, Family Saga for the one that spans the generations, Historical if their early years were spent in another country.
The grandchildren can do the answering, and the dedication page is in your own words, so everyone gets named. You read the story and pick the cover before paying anything. Extra copies of the same book cost less when they are in one order, which is how a single book ends up on several shelves in the same family. Printed books ship free with standard delivery in the US, and the digital edition arrives within 24 hours.
Three novels families make about their grandparents
The Crossing
A Historical novel that follows a grandparent from the place they left to the place they built, using the real route, the real work and the names the family still uses.
What They Never Told the Kids
A drama built on the part of your grandparents' history the family only found out about later, with the person who lived it as the lead. Honest, but written as a story rather than a confession.
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A whole novel where I'm the main character. Still can't believe it's real 🥹
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His reaction reading the novel I made about him 😂 Best gift I've ever given.
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Someone turned our story into a real printed novel. Couldn't stop smiling 🧡
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@markyy
Made my best friend the hero of his own sales thriller 😂 He completely lost it.
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The moment he realized the whole book is about HIM 📖
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Wrote him into his own novel. He went quiet, then read it all night 🥹
2,318For My Partner
How It Works
Three steps. Five minutes. A book they'll keep forever.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
The Gift They Never Stop Talking About
Real words from our customers, shared with their permission
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
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Every book is 220+ pages, professionally typeset, and made to last.
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Digital
$39$29
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Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
Digital
$39$29
- PDF download
- Delivered within 24 hours
Best Value
Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
What people ask before ordering a book for grandparents
The book has one main character, so pick which of them it follows; the other becomes a major character in every chapter. That is how books about couples work here: one lead, everyone else around them. If you want each of them to be the hero of their own story, make two books.
Either works, and it changes what you get. Grandchildren answering from what they have been told keeps the book a surprise; asking your grandparents directly gets more detail but ends the secret. Whoever answers, it takes about five minutes, and gathering stories from the rest of the family first is what makes the book good.
Yes. Additional copies of the same book cost less when they are in the same order, and you can reorder later from your order page. Printed books ship within the US with free standard delivery, and the digital copy that comes with both printed editions can go anywhere in the world.
It is a novel built from your answers, not a biography. The places, names and turning points you give us appear, and the scenes around them are written, so the book reads like a novel. Every copy carries a short note that the story is a work of fiction. If you want an exact record, this is not that.
Any time, though a milestone birthday, an anniversary, Christmas and National Grandparents Day, which falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day in September, are the obvious ones. For a printed book allow about three business days of printing plus free standard shipping at an estimated 11 to 14 business days. If the date is close, the digital edition arrives within 24 hours.
The Digital Edition is $29, the Paperback is $39 and the Hardcover is $59. Both printed editions include the digital copy, and standard shipping within the US is free.
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