Which saint wrote the spiritual autobiography The Story of a Soul?

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux wrote the spiritual autobiography The Story of a Soul.

The book is a collection of autobiographical manuscripts written by Thérèse Martin, a French Carmelite nun who lived from 1873 to 1897. She entered the Carmelite monastery at Lisieux as a teenager and described her religious life through ordinary acts of love, trust, and humility.

The original French title, Histoire d'une âme, was published after her death in 1898. Its account of her “little way” became widely influential among Catholics and helped make her one of the best-known modern saints. The work is not a conventional chronological autobiography; it combines memories, spiritual reflections, and letters.

Thérèse was canonized in 1925 by Pope Pius XI and named a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II. She is also recognized as a patron saint of missions, despite never leaving her convent.