Biographers International Organization has a worldwide membership of biographers. We also welcome those working on documentaries and biographies for young adults or children. Whether you're a …
Named for Frances (“Frank”) Anne Rollin Whipper, one of America’s first recorded African American biographers, BIO’s Rollin Fellowship seeks to help remediate the disproportionate reflection …
Biographers International Organization (BIO) aims to promote the art and craft of biography, cultivate a diverse community of biographers, encourage public interest in biography, and provide educational …
As biographers, we could adopt this method by exploring the contradictory details of our subjects’ lives and times in all their messy individuality. The point is to look at differences all the way down, not to …
All biographers know how intimidating it can be to build a reading resource, which includes networking, cross-referencing, managing a rapidly growing file of material, remembering to document every …
Biographers International Organization (BIO) invites applications for its 2026 fellowships and prizes, which support and celebrate the craft of biography at every stage—from dissertation …
Those eight biographers who met in 1986 were on the cusp of what would become an explosion of Black biographies, memoirs and autobiographies. They knew and we know that those stories were …
Our time-honored magazine, The Biographer’s Craft, features interviews with biographers and articles about biography, while The Insider brings you a monthly roundup of news, notes and events in the …
Biographers International Organization has a worldwide membership of biographers. We also welcome those working on documentaries and biographies for young adults or children. Whether you're a writer, editor, or agent, first-timer or veteran, published or unpublished, aspiring or merely looking, BIO is here for you.
Named for Frances (“Frank”) Anne Rollin Whipper, one of America’s first recorded African American biographers, BIO’s Rollin Fellowship seeks to help remediate the disproportionate reflection of Black lives and voices in published biography and to encourage diversity in the field.
2026 Plutarch Award Longlist Announced A panel of judges from BIO has selected 10 nominees for the 14th annual Plutarch Award, the only international literary award for biography judged exclusively by biographers. “The Plutarch Award Committee is delighted to offer our selections for the ten best biographies published in 2025.
Biographers International Organization (BIO) aims to promote the art and craft of biography, cultivate a diverse community of biographers, encourage public interest in biography, and provide educational and fellowship opportunities that support the work of biographers worldwide.
As biographers, we could adopt this method by exploring the contradictory details of our subjects’ lives and times in all their messy individuality. The point is to look at differences all the way down, not to make generalizations, but instead to examine specificity for the sake of personal identity.
All biographers know how intimidating it can be to build a reading resource, which includes networking, cross-referencing, managing a rapidly growing file of material, remembering to document every source, and more.
The 2025 Plutarch Award longlist has been decided. This year’s award committee consists of BIO members Ruth Franklin (chair), Vanda Krefft, Lance Richardson, David Maraniss, and Lisa Napoli. “The 2025 Plutarch Committee reviewed close to 150 books by first-time and experienced biographers, issued by major presses and small academic publishers, on subjects who made their lives in worlds as ...
Biographers International Organization (BIO) invites applications for its 2026 fellowships and prizes, which support and celebrate the craft of biography at every stage—from dissertation research to debut works and beyond.
Those eight biographers who met in 1986 were on the cusp of what would become an explosion of Black biographies, memoirs and autobiographies. They knew and we know that those stories were always there. They just weren’t being published by the big publishing houses.
The Hill on MSN: NewsNation and The Hill to carry California gubernatorial primary debate
NewsNation will broadcast the debate on April 22 and The Hill will stream it.
The Hill on MSN: Swalwell out, new poll could alter April 22 California gubernatorial debate lineup
The field for the upcoming Inside California Politics gubernatorial debate is likely to shift following the sudden exit of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the race over the weekend ...
Swalwell out, new poll could alter April 22 California gubernatorial debate lineup
Los Angeles Magazine: USC Cancels Governor Debate Amid Criticism Over Lack of Diversity
KTLA 5 says USC has called off its planned gubernatorial debate just hours before it was set to take place on Tuesday, following growing backlash over the exclusion of several high-profile candidates ...
The New York Times: Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
Maize n Brew on MSN: NFL draft profile: Michigan football DL Rayshaun Benny
With more than 1,200 snaps under his belt, Michigan Football DL Rayshaun Benny hopes to bring strong run support and a solid floor to the NFL level: ...
Arrowhead Addict on MSN: Chiefs draft search for interior disruption could lead to Rayshaun Benny
A full draft profile for Michigan defensive tackle Rayshaun Benny and how he might fit with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned to death as a heretic.
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk] ⓘ; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Stating that she acted under divine guidance, she became a ...
Joan: Created by Anna Symon. With Sophie Turner, Frank Dillane, Mia Millichamp-Long, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr. A mother in despair is swept up into the exhilarating world of crime as she swings between trying to get her daughter back from social services and building a daring, thriving career as a jewel thief.