as in memoir
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Jacobs is chief science adviser to the National Weather Service, according to his biography from the Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science.
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Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2025
The new biography of Mark Twain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow covers all aspects of the life of the Hartford legend.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
New biographies of Xi Zhongxun and Hu Yaobang provide insights into the opaque culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the political ascent of Xi’s son, Xi Jinping.
—Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 3 July 2025
Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work.
—Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2025
The new biography of Mark Twain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow covers all aspects of the life of the Hartford legend.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
New biographies of Xi Zhongxun and Hu Yaobang provide insights into the opaque culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the political ascent of Xi’s son, Xi Jinping.
—Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 3 July 2025
Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work.
—Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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Part memoir, part business playbook, and part hero’s journey, Potts’s story begins in the South Carolina Lowcountry, where a teenage fascination with the smell of fiberglass resin led to a lifelong passion for building boats.—
Forbes Books Press Release Official,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Her brand-new memoir, How to Lose Your Mother, just came out this month, and centers among other things her relationship with her mother, the novelist Erica Jong.—
Memoir Nation
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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While serving a life sentence, Weger penned an autobiography and gave the 48-page manuscript to a Tribune reporter.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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The Neurologist’s Brother In his autobiography, On the Move, Oliver Sacks, one of the most influential neurologists of the past half century, discusses his brother Michael, who battled schizophrenia throughout his life.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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