Cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has devoted his life to very complicated subjects, but that hasn’t infringed on his ability to write a concise, clear sentence. In his memoir My Brief History, Hawking’s life story converges with insight into black holes and time travel. Accomplished...(READ MORE)
The last time we spoke with Ben Sargent for Biographile, summer was at its peak, and the host of the Cooking Channel show Hook, Line & Dinner had just released his cookbook The Catch: Sea-To-Table Recipes, Stories, and Secrets. Now with autumn around the corner, we’re looking forward to colorful leaves,...(READ MORE)
Roald Dahl would turn 97 this friday if he were alive today. But in Donald Sturrock’s Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, we realize his age is of little importance. While readers get an authoritative view of both Dahl the boy and the man, it’s not always clear where one begins and...(READ MORE)
To mark the release of Amanda Lindhout's A House in the Sky, these four stories about inner strength and outer life trials offer different vantage points into the true stories of women held in captivity. Through the thick of it, these women managed to maintain their identity and hope for escape in the...(READ MORE)
Editor's note: This post is the second in a series about books by nonfiction writer and teacher William Zinsser. In a previous post, we covered On Writing Well, and in upcoming posts, we'll cover Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher and Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past.(READ MORE)
Visibility for the LGBT community is growing, and stories of transgender experiences are among the voices to have emerged. Understanding is the root of acceptance, and so we offer four thoughtful narratives that help examine experiences of crossing gender boundaries from different perspectives.(READ MORE)
Sunken Treasure, Tim Grierson’s biography of Wilco published earlier this year, is titled after the first song on the second album of Being There. The album itself takes its title in part from the songwriter’s sentiments towards his son.(READ MORE)
In your reflection you might discover a student and teacher of nonfiction writing, with a master as your guide if you wisely pick up a copy of William Zinsser’s classic On Writing Well. First published in 1976, the indispensable guide now in its seventh edition contains a new introduction and a new...(READ MORE)
We'd like to think these Breaking Bad biographies are Walter White approved, and though Walter's final chapter may be coming to a close, we're sure he'd recommend these five reads on some real world murderers, drug dealers and master criminals.(READ MORE)
In this illustrated version of High Strung, Stephen Tignor's informative dual biography of John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, we learn of how the young John McEnroe starts to "go a little nutty" during one of his early matches with Borg. (READ MORE)
