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Biographies 4 Tips for Researching Historical Biographies

Independent historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell shares her top tips for researching historical biographies.

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Biographies Bonnie Yochelson: On Exploring New York’s Gilded Age Robert Lee Brewer

Biographies Brendan O’Meara: Even in Biography, the Author Can Have a Point of View Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Paul Lisicky: On Writing a Love Letter to the Music of Joni Mitchell Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Mallory O’Meara: Early Hollywood Was a World of Women Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction On Writing Artist Biographies C.J. Cook

Write Better Nonfiction Marcus J. Moore: Dare To Be Different Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Cindy Miller: Quitting Is Against My Nature Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Researching and Writing a Family History Linda Ambrus Broenniman

Write Better Nonfiction Amy Reading: On the History of Good Editors Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Yevgenia Nayberg: On the Artist as Inspiration Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Zipora Klein Jakob: On Ordinary People in Times of War Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Douglas Brunt: Bestselling Novelist Takes on His First Nonfiction Book Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Leah Redmond Chang: Breathing Life Into the History of Misunderstood and Forgotten Queens Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Nonfiction Santi Elijah Holley: On Writing About Black Liberation Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Techniques How to Write a Biography of a World Leader Supriya Vani

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