biographer

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Recent Examples of biographer Buy Now 13 of 15 ‘Mark Twain’ by Ron Chernow The Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer returns with a compelling account of author Mark Twain, tracing his life from his Southern childhood to his acclaimed literary career. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 May 2025 Sam Tanenhaus, essayist and editor, was tapped by William F. Buckley Jr. to be his official biographer. Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 15 May 2025 The monarchy Trump most admires, according to a biographer, is that of the British royal family. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 15 May 2025 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 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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