National Biographer’s Day commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson, an English writer, and his biographer James Boswell in London, England on May 16, 1763. In celebration, […]
2024 National Biographer’s Day Reading List
Category: biography
Q&A with the author of COUNTERFEITING LABOR’S VOICE
Mark A. Lause, the author of Counterfeiting Labor’s Voice: William A. A. Carsey and the Shaping of American Reform Politics, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you […]
Q&A with the author of LEO SOWERBY
Joseph Sargent, the author of Leo Sowerby, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? During my graduate student years, I was a […]
Free E-book Giveaway: TANIA LEÓN’S STRIDE
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life by Alejandro L. Madrid before the month is over! Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate […]
Q&A with the editors of CHICAGO’S MODERN MAYORS
Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy, editors of Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Free E-book Giveaway: THE LIFE OF MADIE HALL XUMA
February’s free e-book is here! Check out The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid by Wanda A. Hendricks before the month is […]
Q&A with George B. Handley, author of LOWELL L. BENNION
George B. Handley, author of Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I was personally familiar […]
Free E-book Giveaway: LOCOMOTIVE TO AEROMOTIVE
November’s free e-book is here! Check out Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution by Simine Short before the month is over! French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave […]
Q&A with Dana Greene, author of JANE KENYON
Dana Greene, author of Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I like Kenyon’s poetry. […]
Q&A with Gene Allen, author of MR. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gene Allen, author of Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: […]
Q&A with Taylor Hagood, author of STRINGBEAN
Taylor Hagood, author of Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This […]
Q&A with Catherine Russell, author of THE CINEMA OF BARBARA STANWYCK
Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]