Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins grew up in the south and eventually found himself writing in the Pacific Northwest. On the way, he had had plenty of experiences. At time she found his accent was the wrong southern accent. He got in trouble for doing various bits of mischief. He honed his writing craft. He got kicked out of school. He joined the military. He wrote for newspapers. He used snarky behavior when reviewing symphony performances. He thought he would get in trouble, but instead just got attention. He did go on to become a fairly well established novelist, even an oddball "male" feminist writing.
Forgotten is told in the podcast format. It works great as an audiobook. (It is currently an audiobook only release - I only added some of the narrators to the tags) An NYU student tries to trace the case of a forgotten virtuoso musician that everybody forgot about. Even her own mother can't remember her. As they dig into the case, the discover other artists that have died in LA and been totally forgotten. Eventually they discover the killer and music box of forgetting. Alas, they become forgotten also, yet not dead. This actually gives them special abilities. (What could you do if people would not recall your existence as soon as you left their sight?)