Example book author biography

Need to write an “about the author,” or change up the writer bio you’re using?

Here are 15 great about the author examples from authors who have promoted with us.

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Writer bio examples that focus on what they write, with some personal information:

Barbara Lohr

Barbara Lohr writes heartwarming, sweet romance with a flair for fun. In her novels, feisty women take on hunky heroes and life&#;s issues.

Family often figures in her stories. Her series include Windy Urban area Romance, set in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb. The Kirkpatrick family take readers on journeys of the heart to Savannah, Italy and Guatemala. Her Bloke from Yesterday series is arrange in Gull Harbor, a charming Lake Michigan beach town where lovers discover that the second time around might just be the best.

Dark chocolate is her favorite food group and she makes a mean popover. When she&#;s not writing, she loves to bike, kayak, or golf. Barbara lives in the South with her husband and a cat that claims he was Heathcliff in a former life.

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Alisa Woods

Alisa Woods is a bestselling creator of sexy paranormal romances about complicated men and the powerful women who love them. Her stories teem with shifters, witches, dragons, and angels—magick thrills her stories on every page, but romance is the heart that drives them.

Alisa firmly believes that love triumphs over all.

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Madison Kent

Madison Kent developed her passion for writing as a young girl in the urban area of Chicago at the library near Humboldt Park where all dreams came alive.

She believed the written word could unlock doors as well as the imagination and unite our essence through our visions.

Madison Kent is a published poet and mystery novelist whose books include Stalking Jack, The Harrison, The Mystery at Belle Magnolia, Some Saints Prey, Silver Bells Slaying, A Smidgeon of Ghosts, and Devil on Deck, Sweet Murder, and the ninth Smoked in Ybor.

She is currently working on the tenth in the series.

All books feature the aggressive but flawed female sleuth, Madeline Donovan.

Please visit the Madison Kent website to read excerpts and view book trailers.

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Writer bio examples that focus mostly on the personal information:

Teyla Branton

Internationally bestselling author Teyla Branton grew up avidly reading science fiction and fantasy and watching Celestial body Trek reruns with her grand family.

They lived on a little farm where she loved to visit the solitary cow and collect (and juggle) the eggs, usually making it assist to the house with most of them intact. On that same farm she once owned thirty-three gerbils and eighteen cats, not a good mix, as it turns out.

Teyla always had her nose in a book and daydreamed about someday creating her own worlds. She is now married, mostly grown up, and has seven kids, so life at her property can be very interesting (and loud), but writing keeps her sane.

Grabbing any snatch of free time from her hectic life, she escapes to her office to write. She loves traveling, martial arts, shooting, and belly dancing. Teyla writes urban fantasy (Unbounded series), paranormal love affair (Imprints series), and science fiction (Colony Six series).

She also writes contemporary romance (Lily&#;s House and Finding Home series) and romantic suspense under the entitle Rachel Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit

Emma St. Clair

Hey!

I’m Emma, the USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen sweet romance novels.

I’ve been crafting stories since I was old enough to clutch a pencil. Though I compose in the clean and wholesome romance genre, I like heroines sassy and their struggles to be real.

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You’ll find happy endings, yes, but a lot of mess along the way—and maybe some laughs. Just like real life.

Confession: I didn’t start out as a romantic. In fact, I might have rolled my eyes at happy endings.

Somewhere between watching Hallmark Christmas movies and finally reading Pride and Prejudice, something shifted.

I’m writing romance, but on my own terms. Readers will always get their glad ending, but also sassy heroines and snappy dialogue. No cheese.

When I’m not writing, I am helping my husband wrangle our five children and Great Dane.

(If only we could train the dog to watch the kids…) We live in Katy, Texas and yes, the stars at night are big and bright.

You can find many of all my books on Amazon and the Sandover Beach series on multiple retailers like Apple and Kobo and Nook.

Margaret Watson

I&#;ve made up stories in my head for as long as I can remember—I put myself to sleep at night when I was young by rewriting the plots and endings of books I&#;d read.

I assumed this was normal and everyone else did it, too, until I began getting weird looks when I talked about it. Finally, when I was twelve, I figured it out and decided I&#;d be a journalist when I grew up.

I got sidetracked by my love of animals and the need for a “real” job, so I became a veterinarian instead.

Twenty-five years ago, when I realized I was making up stories about my clients and their pets, I decided to attempt putting them down on paper.

The result? After writing thirty books for Harlequin and selling millions of copies of them, I&#;m now writing The Donovan Family series, romantic suspense novels about a family of Chicago cops.

I consider myself the luckiest person in the world to be involved in two careers that I love.

But more key than either career is my family—my husband and my three daughters.

Author biography examples race the gamut from pithy to boring to hilarious. As you begin to craft your hold, why not look to some standout author bio examples? Regard these: Bio: Colin Jost is a head writer at Saturday Night Live, a Weekend Update co-anchor, and a touring stand-up comedian.

We live in a Chicago suburb with a menagerie of pets.

Tom Turner

A native Recent Englander, Tom Turner dropped out of college and ran a Vermont bar. Limping back a few years later to receive his sheepskin, he went on to become an advertising copywriter, first in Boston, then Fresh York.

After 10 years of post-Mad Men life, he made both a career and geography change and ended up in Palm Beach, renovating houses and collecting raw materials for his novels. He now lives on Skidaway Island, outside of Savannah, where he&#;s writing books about passion and murder among his neighbors.

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Writing your author bio can be a daunting task, but a well-crafted bio can help readers learn more about what makes you and your books so interesting. You should regularly maintain your bio on places like your BookBub Storyteller Profile so fans and potential readers seeking you out can learn more about you and why they should pick up your latest book. Stuck on what to include? While there is no one-size-fits-all formula, here are some examples of composer bios we love so you can get some inspiration when crafting your own bio.

Bowman

R.V. Bowman spends her days wrangling middle-school students while secretly trying to instill a love of language without any of them realizing it. By night, she picks up her pen (okay, it&#;s really a keyboard, but pen has a nicer bell , don&#;t you think?) and writes fantastical adventures full of magic and heart.

Although her major was in English and journalism, R.V.

Bowman decided that she preferred the imaginative to the feasible. Her love of books began as a child when she would pester anyone within earshot to read her a story. Once she learned to interpret on her own, her grandmother fed her reading addiction by supplying her with classics such as Stuart Little, The Ebony Stallion, and The Hobbit for every birthday and Christmas.

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Bowman lives in Northwest Ohio with her husband, two sons, and a very hairy dog named Kipper.

Amelia Addler

Amelia Addler writes always sweet, always swoon-worthy romance and women&#;s fiction stories and believes that everyone deserves their hold happily ever after.

Her soulmate is a man who once spent five weeks driving her to work at 4AM after her car broke down (and he didn&#;t complain, not even once). She is lucky enough to be married to that man and they live in Pittsburgh with their little yellow mutt.

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Krista Wagner

Krista Wagner is a product of the 70&#;s who loves all things 80&#;s.

A boyfriend of suspense and young individual realistic fiction, Krista finds herself meeting new intriguing characters all of the time in her own fictional worlds. When she&#;s not writing novels, you can find her watching suspenseful movies, playing 80&#;s video games, reading the best book in the world, The Bible, and spending time with her incredibly entertaining family.

Krista is the author of several titles including the YA Small Town Secrets Novel standalone series and the MG/YA Magical Forest series as well as her psychological thriller Shrouded Memory.

&#;Dealing with danger and handing out hope&#;
Krista Wagner, author of mysteries, thrills, and all that is real

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Writer bio examples that reveal something neat, followed by personal information:

Chelsea Thomas

Everyone loves a secret.

So here&#;s a good one .

. .

. . . Chelsea Thomas is technically two people, married writing team Chelsea and Matthew Thomas.

Matt and Chelsea write cozy mysteries set on an apple orchard in upstate New York. They also write television and film.

As screenwriters, they possess worked with several studios, including Nickelodeon, SONY, and CBS.

Chelsea and Matt are graduates of Duke University and they are members of the Writers Guild of America. And they&#;re USA Today Bestselling authors.

Chelsea enjoys spending period with animals and practicing yoga.

Matt loves playing music. They both enjoy spending time proximate the water.

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Writer bio examples that take more of a humorous slant:

Holly Cortelyou

Holly Cortelyou is a romance author who pens sweet and spicy small town, contemporary romances that just might have a hint of mystery or a dollop of magic.

On any given day Holly can be found sipping coffee and surfing Facebook for gossip on royals, college football (Go Ducks!), knitting, and ghosts!

After trying on many hats as a encounter planner, political scientist, long haul trucker, and financial services specialist, she&#;s finally found the ideal fit as a romance writer!

Holly&#;s living her own Happily Ever After with an uber-handy and sexily broad-shouldered husband, a pleasant silver lab and a fluffball kitty in sun-kissed Southern Oregon.

She has hazel eyes and a goofy sense of humor .

. . all the relax is subject to change without notice.

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Whitney Dineen

Whitney Dineen is a rock star in her control head.

While delusional about her singing abilities, there&#;s been a plethora of validation that she&#;s a fairly decent author (AMAZING!!!). After many writing awards and selling nearly a kabillion books (math may not be her forte, either), she&#;s decided to just enable the voices in her top say whatever they want (sorry, Mom).

She also won a fourth-place ribbon in a fifth-grade swim meet in backstroke. So, there&#;s that.

Whitney loves to act with her kids (a.k.a. dazzle them with her amazing flossing abilities), bake stuff, eat stuff, and write books for people who &#;get&#; her.

She thinks french fries are the ideal food and Mrs. Roper is her spirit animal.

Gold Medal winner at the International Readers&#; Favorite Awards,

Silver medal winner at the International Readers&#; Favorite Awards, , ,

Finalist RONE Awards, , ,

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Finalist at the Book Excellence Awards,

Finalist Foremost Shelf Indie Book Awards,

Baileigh Higgins

South African writer and coffee addict Baileigh Higgins lives in the Free State with hubby and best friend Brendan and loves nothing more than lazing on the couch with pizza and a bad horror show.

Her unhealthy obsession with the end of the world has led to numerous books on the subject and a confidential bunker only she knows the location of.

Visit her website at for more information on her upcoming projects, new releases, and giveaways. Sign up for her Newsletter and get your Free Ebook, Tales from the Apocalypse, today.

Kyle Robert Shultz

Kyle Robert Shultz developed the power of creating zany, fantastical worlds in his early teens, when he was bitten by a radioactive book.

He is the storyteller of multiple series set in the Afterverse, a parallel cosmos where myths, fairy tales, and classic stories are real events and part of history. He lives in self-imposed exile in the southern Idaho desert, far enough away from humanity to protect innocent lives should he lose control of his amazing fictional powers and rip a hole in the space-time continuum or something.

Kyle is a Christian who believes in writing high-quality stories free from agendas, politics, and objectionable content.

His stories are clean, but not remotely safe. In reading them, you assume all risks—Kyle cannot be held responsible for any injure wrought upon your emotional well-being or cardiovascular health by unforeseen plot twists.

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