Setting up
an interesting author bio will help to sell your works.
Look at it from the standpoint of a reader; which book would you buy: The one that shows just a boring cover, name of the author, and a very short introduction to the book — or the one which has: a beautiful, appealing cover, an all - embracing editorial review,
an interesting authors bio with a portrait, lots of customer reviews, a book trailer or interview video.
Not exact matches
Author Bio: Charles Goodwin is
interested in writing about health and fitness related issues.
Contact us with a
bio and a good quality picture if you are
interested in getting an
author page, so we can submit your request to Google.
Below is a list of the contributing
authors with links to
bios, interviews and photos: David Shields Bradford Morrow David Gates Kyoki Mori Robert Clark Sallie Tisdale Jonathan Safran Foer Diane Ackerman Melissa Pritchard Christopher Sorrentino Joyce Carol Oates Robin Hemley Peter Straub Kevin Baker Margo Jefferson Greg Bottoms Lynne Tillman Lance Olsen Mark Doty Brenda Hillman Geoff Dyer Annie Dillard If you're
interested in exploring more books on...
(In an
interesting aside, clicking on the
author's book titles in his
bio on the article links directly to their Amazon sales pages.)
Author bio, this is a full
bio with memberships, awards, association affiliations and special
interests.
Your
author bio is another opportunity to spark the
interest of your readers and make them feel intrigued to check out your work.
For those
interested in her full
bio, you can read her Amazon
author page, but the short version is that she's sold over 3 million books, is a force to be reckoned with in the industry, and is one of only three folks I know of who have done paper - only deals with trad publishers.
I have, however, upon completing an enjoyable book returned to the
bio to learn more about the
author — especially if I am
interested in reading more of their work.
* Don't forget your
author bio — Just a few sentences about you; where you're from, where you've travelled and any other
interesting info.
What I like about these
bios is that they're packed with information, tell you what the person is and does, usually provide some element of geographic location, and usually feature some personal element to make the
author more human, fully rounded, likeable or
interesting.
One thing I learned visiting The Happy Student is that the
author was in the military before entering Duke U. His
bio was really
interesting!