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Have you registered yet for the 2024 BIO Conference? It begins next week, on Thursday, May 16th, at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, returns in NYC! Registration starts at 1:00pm on Thursday, May 16th. More program and registration information are available in the first comment below!
This installment of the BIO podcast features Kitty Kelley in conversation with Edward O’Shea, a State University of New York at Oswego Emeritus English Professor and author of SEAMUS HEANEY'S AMERICAN ODYSSEY, published by Routledge Press in December 2022.
This week we interview Edward O’Shea, a State University of New York at Oswego Emeritus English Professor and author of Seamus Heaney’s American
BIO is proud to announce the longlist for its 2023 Plutarch Award! The Plutarch is the only international literary award for biography judged exclusively by biographers. The longlist will be narrowed to five later this Spring, and the winner will be announced at BIO's annual conference in May.
The longlist for the 2023 Plutarch Award has been determined, and you are the first to know. The committee for this year’s prize is composed of Carol
Anne Edwards, the best-selling biographer of Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Ronald Reagan, and others--and who Kirkus Reviews hailed as the "Queen of Biography"--has died at age 96.
She profiled Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Ronald Reagan. She also profiled herself, in two memoirs and an autobiography.
Deadlines are approaching to apply for our fellowships! The Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship, supporting work on an African American figure The Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship, supporting travel for research The Hazel Rowley Prize for best proposal by a first-time biographer.
BIO is now accepting applications for its three fellowship programs.
Movie star? Heck, you're already a rock star among biographers, Robert.
Robert Caro is still busy working on the presumed last volume of his series on Lyndon Johnson. But next year, be prepared to hear a lot about the book which launched his publishing career.
BiographyLab Returns in January! Join biographers James McGrath Morris, Janice P. Nimura, and Ray A. Shepard for an online forum on the craft of biography. BONUS: Kai Bird’s plenary session, “My Wild Ride as a Biographer.” Free for BIO members and students. $60 General Admission. Register here:
BIO invites participants at all levels of interest in the craft of biography to participate in three forums led by prize-winning biographers
The biographer of King Charles claimed that Taylor Swift snubbed an offer to perform at the king's coronation. He was quickly dogpiled --and corrected -- by angry Swifties.
Fans were outraged when biographer Omid Scobie claimed the pop star, 33, snubbed King Charles' invitation to perform on his coronation in May - remarking she was on tour on that day.
The latest BIO Podcast features BIO's Jenny Skoog in conversation with Mary Ann Caws about her latest book, Mina Loy: Apology of Genius, published by Reaktion Books in July 2022.
This week we interview Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, English and French at the Graduate School of the City