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How do you write an author bio (biography) to accompany your byline? Here are examples of long and short author bios, plus tips for writers of magazine articles, book contributions, book proposals, or blog posts…

Just the other day I was asked how to write a bio by a fellow writer on Twitter. The same day, a different author asked if she could interview me for a book she’s writing about how to acquire a literary agent. She asked me to contribute an author bio for that book – making that day officially my “author bio” day!Thanks for the great advice. I found writing bios to be difficult until I started keeping a running list of achievements, publications, etc., along with previously written “bio blurbs”. That way when I need a bio, I can go to this document and mix and match based on the publication or publisher’s needs. My credentials and achievements are right in front of me so that I can’t deny them or get modest about them, and I’ve already got basic bios to work from.