Biographers International Organization
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So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...
So excited about this upcoming event in collaboration with NYPL! 📖 Register here: www.showclix.com/event/writin...
October 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So excited about this upcoming event in collaboration with NYPL! 📖 Register here: www.showclix.com/event/writin...
Tonight! See you there :)
New event! Join us 10/7 at NY Society Library to celebrate Kate Medina's Editorial Excellence Award! Sign up here: events.humanitix.com/bio-editoria...
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tonight! See you there :)
New event! Join us 10/7 at NY Society Library to celebrate Kate Medina's Editorial Excellence Award! Sign up here: events.humanitix.com/bio-editoria...
October 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
New event! Join us 10/7 at NY Society Library to celebrate Kate Medina's Editorial Excellence Award! Sign up here: events.humanitix.com/bio-editoria...
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Kate Medina wins BIO’s Editorial Excellence Award! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @biographersintl.bsky.social #booksky
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Kate Medina wins BIO’s Editorial Excellence Award! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @biographersintl.bsky.social #booksky
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Deadline Mar 1: The Hazel Rowley Prize will award $5,000 and agent review to a first-time biographer. Submit proposal, writing sample, and resume. Fee: $25.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Deadline Mar 1: The Hazel Rowley Prize will award $5,000 and agent review to a first-time biographer. Submit proposal, writing sample, and resume. Fee: $25.
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Friday Podcast: BIO Member Alison Owings (NYT Notable Book author) discusses her new biography with Jenny Skoog. A story of transformation from homelessness to advocacy. This interview explores writing about resilience and social justice.
Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
October 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Friday Podcast: BIO Member Alison Owings (NYT Notable Book author) discusses her new biography with Jenny Skoog. A story of transformation from homelessness to advocacy. This interview explores writing about resilience and social justice.
Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Winner Announced — Inaugural Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship
Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories and memoir.
Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories and memoir.
July 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Winner Announced — Inaugural Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship
Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories and memoir.
Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories and memoir.
ARCHIVIST INTERVIEW — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
#lifewriting
The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
#lifewriting
July 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
ARCHIVIST INTERVIEW — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
#lifewriting
The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
#lifewriting
Podcast #223 – A’Lelia Bundles
JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother.
#biography #biographer #lifewriting #writinglife
JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother.
#biography #biographer #lifewriting #writinglife
June 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Podcast #223 – A’Lelia Bundles
JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother.
#biography #biographer #lifewriting #writinglife
JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother.
#biography #biographer #lifewriting #writinglife
FROM THE JUNE INSIDER -
Is biography the “impossible genre?” Critic Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox inside the June issue of the BIO Insider!
Is biography the “impossible genre?” Critic Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox inside the June issue of the BIO Insider!
June 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
FROM THE JUNE INSIDER -
Is biography the “impossible genre?” Critic Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox inside the June issue of the BIO Insider!
Is biography the “impossible genre?” Critic Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox inside the June issue of the BIO Insider!
Podcast #222 – Marc Leepson
This journalist, historian, and Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024.
#biographer
This journalist, historian, and Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024.
#biographer
June 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Podcast #222 – Marc Leepson
This journalist, historian, and Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024.
#biographer
This journalist, historian, and Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024.
#biographer
In the May edition of The Biographer’s Craft, Michael Vinson continues his in-depth discussion of the merits and pitfalls of academic vs popular biography, elaborating on how to build a “new philosophical basis for writing bestsellers."
#biography #lifewriting
#biography #lifewriting
June 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the May edition of The Biographer’s Craft, Michael Vinson continues his in-depth discussion of the merits and pitfalls of academic vs popular biography, elaborating on how to build a “new philosophical basis for writing bestsellers."
#biography #lifewriting
#biography #lifewriting
Podcast #221 – Charlotte Jacobs
90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind.
#biography #lifewriting
90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind.
#biography #lifewriting
June 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Podcast #221 – Charlotte Jacobs
90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind.
#biography #lifewriting
90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind.
#biography #lifewriting
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In honor of Cynthia Carr's CANDY DARLING being named a co-winner of BIO's Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2024, here's a look back at our review! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @biographersintl.bsky.social @roserankin.bsky.social #Booksky
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In honor of Cynthia Carr's CANDY DARLING being named a co-winner of BIO's Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2024, here's a look back at our review! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @biographersintl.bsky.social @roserankin.bsky.social #Booksky
On June 5-7, in Washington, D.C., BIO hosted its 15th annual BIO Conference, co-sponsored with the Leon Levy Center for Biography.
With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art and practice of biography to life.
#bioconference2025 #lifewriting
With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art and practice of biography to life.
#bioconference2025 #lifewriting
June 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On June 5-7, in Washington, D.C., BIO hosted its 15th annual BIO Conference, co-sponsored with the Leon Levy Center for Biography.
With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art and practice of biography to life.
#bioconference2025 #lifewriting
With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art and practice of biography to life.
#bioconference2025 #lifewriting
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Wonderful panel on unreliable narrative sources for biographies at @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. People lie about their age on marriage certificates (age of consent, pregnancies), fabricate racial background (passing, hiding history of internment), tell stories (overstatement, pillow talk
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wonderful panel on unreliable narrative sources for biographies at @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. People lie about their age on marriage certificates (age of consent, pregnancies), fabricate racial background (passing, hiding history of internment), tell stories (overstatement, pillow talk
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Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!
June 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!
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@peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social in conversation with Susan Page at James Atlas Plenary of 2025 @biographersintl.bsky.social (BIO) conference in Washington DC.
June 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social in conversation with Susan Page at James Atlas Plenary of 2025 @biographersintl.bsky.social (BIO) conference in Washington DC.
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It was wonderful to interview @prithik.bsky.social about her book, “Brooklynites.” To check out our conversation on @biographersintl.bsky.social Podcast #220, go to: biographersinternational.org/news/podcast...
June 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It was wonderful to interview @prithik.bsky.social about her book, “Brooklynites.” To check out our conversation on @biographersintl.bsky.social Podcast #220, go to: biographersinternational.org/news/podcast...
Podcast #220 – Prathibha Kanakamedala
BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is this author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024.
#biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites #BIOPodcast
BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is this author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024.
#biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites #BIOPodcast
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Podcast #220 – Prathibha Kanakamedala
BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is this author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024.
#biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites #BIOPodcast
BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is this author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024.
#biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites #BIOPodcast
BIO Announces Two Winners for 2025 Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2024 --
The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper).
#PlutarchAward2025
The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper).
#PlutarchAward2025
June 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
BIO Announces Two Winners for 2025 Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2024 --
The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper).
#PlutarchAward2025
The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper).
#PlutarchAward2025
CONFERENCE PREVIEW — Liz Schott Reflects on Her First BIO Conference
With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox!
#BIOConference2025
With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox!
#BIOConference2025
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
CONFERENCE PREVIEW — Liz Schott Reflects on Her First BIO Conference
With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox!
#BIOConference2025
With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox!
#BIOConference2025
Podcast #219 – Alex Beam
In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy.
#biographer #lifewriting
In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy.
#biographer #lifewriting
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Podcast #219 – Alex Beam
In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy.
#biographer #lifewriting
In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy.
#biographer #lifewriting
The 2025 Annual BIO Conference Is One Week Away — Registration Still Open!
The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6.
#BIOConference2025 #biography
The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6.
#BIOConference2025 #biography
May 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The 2025 Annual BIO Conference Is One Week Away — Registration Still Open!
The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6.
#BIOConference2025 #biography
The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6.
#BIOConference2025 #biography