Renown Publishing
A Storytelling Atelier
We don't craft books. We consecrate wisdom.
For leaders and families whose wisdom is meant to endure. We help them see the meaning they've been living but never named, then shape it into a book that transforms the ones it reaches.
Our Sacred Craft
The Foundation of Everything We Create
Who This Is For
We select our commissions as carefully as our clients select us.
You've built something. Led something. Learned something that took years to understand and might take someone else a lifetime to discover on their own.
And lately, you've sensed that what you've learned isn't yours to keep.
That question is why most of our clients find us. Not because they want to be authors. Because they've realized the things that matter most don't transfer automatically. And they're not willing to let them disappear.
Our authors are founders, matriarchs, quiet philanthropists, and industry leaders. What unites them isn't their prominence. It's their posture. They've stopped asking what more they can build and started asking what they should pass on.
They're not looking to become famous. They're looking to become faithful to what their life has taught them.
This work is for people who understand that wisdom preserved is wisdom multiplied. Not because they've lived perfectly, but because they've lived authentically, and that authenticity is exactly what the next generation needs to see.
Your Path Awaits
Families
For families passing down more than wealth. We help you preserve not just your history, but the wisdom inside it and what it means for those who follow.
Leaders
For leaders ready to pass on what they've learned. We help you discover the meaning inside your story and shape it into a book that serves.
From Our Clients
“As I put words on paper, I began to see things I had never fully recognized before. Renown simply helped me uncover them.”
"For years we dreamed of documenting our family's story for our children and grandchildren. A living link reaching back generations. Renown helped us create it."
-Steve and Carolyn B.
"Everything Renown does brings ease, clarity, and flow. Not just to the project, but to our life."
-Shelley G.
“What stood out most was how deeply I felt heard. You took the time to really understand my heart, soul, and mind throughout this whole journey.”
-Greg D.
"Through this journey with Renown, I've come to a deeper understanding of myself, and just how much my story can mean to others."
-Art K.
"Of all the teams I've worked with, I'd put Renown at the top, both in terms of results and experience."
-Lonnie G.
"You’ve got something special here with Renown, and I’m glad to be part of it. I would recommend you to anyone."
-John W.
“I would never, ever be at this point if you all didn’t guide me from the beginning.”
-Bethany F.
"Renown's storytelling process has been heartwarming and memorable, exceeding our wildest expectations."
-Stan and Amy R.
What Makes Our Storytelling Different
We believe story, not instruction, is how wisdom actually transfers. The wound is what gives the words their weight.
The Author Transforms First
Wisdom That Sticks
Principles get ignored. Instructions fade. But a story about someone who walked the road first stays. Your values don't transfer through lectures. They transfer when someone sees how you lived them.
A Story That Serves
The best books don't just survive. They get pulled off the shelf at the exact moment someone needs them. A daughter facing a crossroads. A grandson wondering what the family actually stands for. Your story meets them there.
"Renown doesn't just help you write a book. They help you tell your story in a way that just might change someone else's life. Because it changed yours first."
-Ron A.
The 18-Month Journey
Excavation
We begin with questions and listening. Deep dialogue sessions exploring the heart of your journey. This is where we uncover the stories beneath the stories. The patterns you haven't seen. The meaning you've been living but never named. By the end, we have a complete outline: the structure and arc that will guide everything that follows.
Alchemy
Experience becomes art. Weekly sessions guide the writing as chapters emerge from conversation. Your voice is discerned and honored. The prose is refined until each chapter reflects not just what happened, but what it means.
Consecration
The manuscript takes its final form. Cover and interior design. The language that will invite readers in. What began as fragments of memory and half-formed intuition becomes something you can hold and pass on. Your story enters the world.
"Writing a book is one thing. Writing it with Renown is a whole new experience."
-Rachel M.
Who We Are
Renown Publishing is a storytelling atelier for leaders and families whose wisdom is meant to endure.
Most people sense they carry something worth passing on. What they can't see is the pattern running through it. The meaning they've been living but never named.
Renown's eighteen-month process helps authors discover that meaning, then shape it into a book that does what instruction alone cannot: it transforms readers by showing them someone who walked the road first. Story, not advice, is how wisdom actually transfers.
Working with a small circle of authors each year, Renown's team of award-winning writers and editors approaches each project as an act of stewardship. The result is a book. But the deeper result is an author who understands their own life differently and knows exactly what they're handing down.
These books are not for everyone. They're for the few who will be marked by them. Who will carry what they've read into the rest of their lives. Lasting movements don't begin with crowds. They begin with the people who are never the same afterward.
a book like this
doesn't sit on a shelf.
What Ripples Forward
The story gets passed around. Pulled off the shelf at exactly the right moment.
When a grandson is deciding what to do with his life. When a mentee faces the same crossroads you once faced. When the family foundation is debating which causes to fund. When a young executive is learning what leadership actually costs. When two siblings disagree and need common ground. When a founder you'll never meet needs to know they're not alone.
It becomes a touchstone. Not a rule book. Something they return to when they need to remember what matters. When they need your voice in the room, even if you're not there.
That's the long-term work. Not a document. A living inheritance.
Most inheritances get divided. This one multiplies. Still shaping decisions you'll never see. Still answering questions that haven't been asked yet.
The kind of thing a granddaughter reads before her first board meeting. The kind of thing a leader returns to when they've lost their way. Not because you wrote it. Because they needed it.
Begin with Discernment
Every Renown journey begins with a conversation. If this resonates, we'd be honored to listen.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the investment?
The Renown Experience is a six-figure engagement, reflecting the depth and 18-month duration of the work. We're happy to discuss specifics on a discernment call. Our clients tend to approach this not as a marketing expense but as legacy work.
Who owns the book?
You do. Completely. All intellectual property is assigned to you, including derivative works, adaptations, and future uses. We're here to steward the process, not claim the outcome.
What will be asked of me?
Your presence and honesty. The first months involve fifteen deep dialogue sessions where we uncover the stories beneath the stories. After that, you'll review chapters as they emerge, gather feedback from trusted readers, and make decisions about title, cover, and design. We guide the process. You stay close to it.
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