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How To Write An Author Bio That Isn't Boring AF

Make it interesting, funny, weird, whatever — but make it sound like YOU

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Jo Gatford
Jan 29, 2026
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Okay, look, so no one really likes writing an author bio. Partly because it feels agonisingly weird to write about yourself, and partly because most bios are generally pretty meh.

Either you have very little to put in terms of fancy and illustrious places you’ve been published — or if you do, your bio ends up looking like a nonsensical list of random wo…

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