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Podcast #215 – Caitlin Cass & Lisa Napoli Caitlin Cass and Lisa Napoli talk to Jenny Skoog about a few of the different forms of biography. Among others, group biography, art books, and graphic narratives make appearances on the episode. #BioPodcast

BIO MEMBER INTERVIEW — with Megan Elias The Six Questions series in The Biographer’s Craft continues, with historian Megan Elias discussing her most beloved writers, her current project, and her highlights and frustrations in the world of biography. #biography #lifewriting

Podcast #216 – Janice Engel This award-winning filmmaker, showrunner and Academy of Art University professor, talks about her documentary film, RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. Engel was interviewed by BIO member and podcast producer Jenny Skoog. #biography

CRAFT TALK — with Michael Vinson In The Biographer’s Craft, BIO member Michael Vinson discusses at length the merits and pitfalls of academic vs popular biography, in a brilliant exploration of how to build a “new philosophical basis for writing bestsellers.” #biography

Podcast #217 – David Levering Lewis In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and National Humanities Medal recipient David Levering Lewis discusses his latest book, THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW: A Family History as the American Story: 1790-1958. #biographer #lifewriting

2025 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Awarded- Two BIO Members are Finalists The two BIO member finalists in the Biography category for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize were David Greenberg, for JOHN LEWIS: A Life, & Amy Reading, for THE WORLD SHE EDITED: Katherine S. White at The New Yorker.

Podcast #218 – Adam Plunkett LOVE AND NEED: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry is literary critic Adam Plunkett’s first biography. His exploration of the life *& creativity of one of USA's favorite 20th-century poets was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in February 2025.

The 2025 Annual BIO Conference Is One Week Away — Registration Still Open! The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C, on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6. #BIOConference2025

Podcast #219 – Alex Beam In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy.

CONFERENCE PREVIEW — Liz Schott Reflects on Her First BIO Conference With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox!

BIO Announces Two Winners for 2025 Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2024 The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper)!

Podcast #220 – Prathibha Kanakamedala BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is the author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024. #biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites

On June 5-7, in Washington, D.C., BIO hosted its 15th annual BIO Conference, co-sponsored with the Leon Levy Center for Biography. With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art of biography to life. #bioconference2025

Podcast #221 – Charlotte Jacobs 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind.

In the May edition of The Biographer’s Craft, Michael Vinson continues his in-depth discussion of the merits and pitfalls of academic vs popular biography, elaborating on how to build a “new philosophical basis for writing bestsellers." #biography #lifewriting

Podcast #222 – Marc Leepson This journalist, historian, & Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024.

FROM THE JUNE BIO INSIDER - Is biography the “impossible genre?” Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox in the June Insider issue!

Podcast #223 – A’Lelia Bundles JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother. #biographer #lifewriting

ARCHIVIST INTERVIEW — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City. #lifewriting

Winner Announced — Inaugural Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker, British working-class writer known for short stories & memoir.