biographer

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Recent Examples of biographer A certain amount of empathy for one’s subject might be of value in a biographer, and Hoffman conveys a sense of the difficulties that McPherson faced leading up to her disappearance. Dorothy Fortenberry, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025 But that isn’t far from how one of her biographers, Michaela Lindinger, a curator at the Vienna Museum, defines her. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025 We two were often indulgent with our gifts: a chest made of trimmings from the Hardy tree, tokens from the Queen, a heyday for biographers. Maya C. Popa, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 Lorne Michaels biographer Susan Morrison is recalling the ways in which the Saturday Night Live boss tried to help Chris Farley kick his drug addiction before the beloved comedian died of a cocaine and heroine overdose in 1997. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for biographer
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Noun
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The regional office departures include wildlife biologists, historians, fire ecologists, tribal liaisons and interpretive specialists.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The billionaire Microsoft co-founder’s Summer 2025 list of book recommendations is an eclectic collection of memoirs featuring personal insights and anecdotes from a rock star, a journalist, a comedian, a historian and the first-ever female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 22 May 2025

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