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biography

[bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-] / baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi- /


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And I know there’s no James Boswell coming to write my biography.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Her biography of Stevie Nicks “Lessons & Lace” is out now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

While slim, Mamdani’s political biography is marked at key moments by brushes with big tech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She had a compelling biography, as someone raised by a single mother who rose to graduate from Harvard Law School.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Remember,” warned Mr. Kempsey, “to rewrite the biography in your own words.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Mr. Worthen, an emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham who has written biographies of Robert Schumann, D.H.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

As well as "Succession", the five-times married tycoon has been the subject of a spate of biographies, as well as a new Netflix documentary, "Dynasty: The Murdochs" which was released in March this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

The book does lean on two major Rainey biographies, by Sandra Lieb and Dick Spottswood, but paired with the strongly enhanced recordings it is a significant contribution to getting the story told.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

He published a number of autobiographical books, as well as biographies of John Wesley and William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

She came home from the Welch public library every week or two with a pillowcase full of novels, biographies, and histories.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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