The specific genre of my books:

My books are creative nonfiction. They most closely fit the specific genre of memoirs. Furthermore, while they do not follow every convention of journalism, they loosely fit the genre of literary journalism based upon how they were created.

They are not autofiction, which is defined as a fictional autobiography. While my books include metaphor and occasional recounting of dreams, the books are based in fact, not fiction. I declare them fit for nonfiction shelves.

They use poetry and prose, which is what makes them creative nonfiction memoirs with journalistic intent.