Think you know the full and complete story about George Washington, Steve Jobs, or Joan of Arc? Think again.

With July Fourth just passed and summer vacations on the agenda this year, it is a natural time to pick up a biography of a president or political leader. But not all biographies are created equal, ...

jamelah/Flickr Biographies allow us to walk in someone else's shoes. Whether they provide a glimpse into the past or capture the life of a contemporary icon, biographies and memoirs let us walk in ...

Each is animated by the author’s love—for their subject, for language, and for pushing the boundaries of what the genre can ...

Fictionalised biographies – novels based on the life of a famous person – are ten-a-penny. And why not? They're easy enough to turn out. Other people – the actual biographers – have done the hard work ...

We hope you enjoyed digging into our Black History Month memoirs as much as we did. And if you are hungry for more good, true stories about people you may not know much about, for Women's History ...

In the beautiful and moving biography Janis: Her Life and Music, Holly George-Warren paints a complex portrait of singer Janis Joplin. Drawing on archival materials as well as interviews with Joplin’s ...

Because of their elusivity, female killers tend to captivate and horrify news-watchers across the globe. I've picked out 15 biographies of women who killed, both in cold blood and in the heat of the ...

This week, a new Australian political biography will appear on bookshelves. This is The Accidental Prime Minister, an examination of Scott Morrison by journalist Annika Smethurst. While a prime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biographies have always been controversial. On his deathbed, the novelist Henry James told his nephew that his “sole wish” was to ...