Unpublished author bio samples

You have sailed through your first manuscript, nailing each benchmark of the self-publishing formatting process while writing a truly captivating story. Suddenly, though, you hit stop when you arrive at that last step: writing your author bio.

Facing this final step in the writing process can leave a first-time author shuddering as they wonder, “How do I write an author bio with no experience in writing?”

Penning an unpublished author bio is not as difficult as it might initially appear. After all, an author has to start somewhere! Think about it—all great authors had to write their first book at some point, meaning they were faced with the same problem of how to write an author bio with no experience.

These great writers undoubtedly struggled to solve the dilemma, too, but managed to push through and establish amazing literary careers—as will you.

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Write an Author Bio They’ll Remember

Sometimes it’s hard to believe how difficult it can be to write about yourself in a bio—after all, you’re a writer! But I understand it’s not as simple as that, so here are a few tips to make it easier.

 

Write your bio in first person for query letters, third person for most other purposes including proposals, book jackets, article bylines. Memoir writers can write the bio in first person if appropriate.

Make it professional but you also need to convey personality and writing style. Don’t try too hard to be funny, but include something that makes you seem like a real person.

What gives you credibility? What makes you interesting? What helps people connect with you? (When you’re on Twitter, Facebook or your blog, what kinds of posts seem to get the most comments?) These are things you can briefly include.

If your book centers on something specific—the Civil War, for example—are you a member of a Civil War society? Ha

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How To Write a Good Author Bio (When You Haven’t Done Much Yet)

Once upon a time, inom imagined those paragraphs about authors that I read on the back of books were written bygd people at the publishing house or assistants. If you’re a Big Deal Author, maybe you do have people who write those for you, but every single published author I know writes their own bios.

If writing your own bio freaks you out, welcome to the party. When I first tried to write one, I felt weird talking about myself in third person, and I had a hard time gauging what was important and what wasn’t. But bios are a valuable and necessary tool if you’re hoping to get published, even just in the digital space, and with practice they stop feeling so awkward.

Let’s start with a few pointers.

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