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At Edit.org, we have created a collection of editable biography templates that can be used by students, writers, journalists, and anyone who needs to create a biography of famous people, whether they are scientists, athletes, politicians, or singers. They contain predefined sections and fields that you can fill in as easily as in a Word document, including:

  • Date and place of birth
  • Place of residence
  • Friends and acquaintances
  • Hobbies and interests
  • People of reference
  • And many more

Get spectacular designs for your biography! Use it in a school, magazine, or website . You can also use it in your bookstore, library, or cultural center .

Using our template library will save you time since you won't have to start from scratch as you will have a predefined structure. Create didactic activities in your classroom and organize biographical information in a clearer and more coherent way. Just select one of the templates we offer in this article or the final cascade, customize it with your educational proposals, and print it in high resolution.

Our biographies can be adapted to your needs . You can also use them as a page for a memory book or a resume .

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Why is it a good idea to make a Biography as a school activity?

There are many reasons, but here are the 4 main ones:

  • Researching someone's life and gathering information about their accomplishments, personal and professional challenges, as well as their contributions, will help students develop research skills and curiosity .
  • Working on a biography improves writing skills, organization of ideas, and structuring information in a clear and coherent manner.
  • Promotes critical thinking : students will learn to analyze different aspects of a public figure's life and develop their objective thinking about that person, history, and society in general. It also promotes empathy.
  • Learn about the lives of influential people in different fields , such as science, politics, or art, and understand how their contributions have affected the world at large.

In short, doing a biography as a school activity is a great idea! It encourages research and understanding towards different life experiences and perspectives.

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How to Write a Biography: A 7-Step Guide [+Template]

From time to time, nonfiction authors become so captivated by a particular figure from either the present or the past, that they feel compelled to write an entire book about their life. Whether casting them as heroes or villains, there is an interesting quality in their humanity that compels these authors to revisit their life paths and write their story.

However, portraying someone’s life on paper in a comprehensive and engaging way requires solid preparation. If you’re looking to write a biography yourself, in this post we’ll share a step-by-step blueprint that you can follow. 

How to write a biography: 

1. Seek permission when possible 

2. research your subject thoroughly, 3. do interviews and visit locations, 4. organize your findings, 5. identify a central thesis, 6. write it using narrative elements, 7. get feedback and polish the text.

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While you technically don’t need permission to write about public figures (or deceased ones), that doesn't guarantee their legal team won't pursue legal action against you. Author Kitty Kelley was sued by Frank Sinatra before she even started to write His Way , a biography that paints Ol Blue Eyes in a controversial light. (Kelley ended up winning the lawsuit, however).  

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Whenever feasible, advise the subject’s representatives of your intentions. If all goes according to plan, you’ll get a green light to proceed, or potentially an offer to collaborate. It's a matter of common sense; if someone were to write a book about you, you would likely want to know about it well prior to publication. So, make a sincere effort to reach out to their PR staff to negotiate an agreement or at least a mutual understanding of the scope of your project. 

At the same time, make sure that you still retain editorial control over the project, and not end up writing a puff piece that treats its protagonist like a saint or hero. No biography can ever be entirely objective, but you should always strive for a portrayal that closely aligns with facts and reality.

If you can’t get an answer from your subject, or you’re asked not to proceed forward, you can still accept the potential repercussions and write an unauthorized biography . The “rebellious act” of publishing without consent indeed makes for great marketing, though it’ll likely bring more headaches with it too. 

✋ Please note that, like other nonfiction books, if you intend to release your biography with a publishing house , you can put together a book proposal to send to them before you even write the book. If they like it enough, they might pay you an advance to write it.  

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Once you’ve settled (or not) the permission part, it’s time to dive deep into your character’s story.  

Deep and thorough research skills are the cornerstone of every biographer worth their salt. To paint a vivid and accurate portrait of someone's life, you’ll have to gather qualitative information from a wide range of reliable sources. 

Start with the information already available, from books on your subject to archival documents, then collect new ones firsthand by interviewing people or traveling to locations. 

Browse the web and library archives

Illustration of a biographer going into research mode.

Put your researcher hat on and start consuming any piece on your subject you can find, from their Wikipedia page to news articles, interviews, TV and radio appearances, YouTube videos, podcasts, books, magazines, and any other media outlets they may have been featured in. 

Establish a system to orderly collect the information you find 一 even seemingly insignificant details can prove valuable during the writing process, so be sure to save them. 

Depending on their era, you may find most of the information readily available online, or you may need to search through university libraries for older references. 

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For his landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow spent untold hours at Columbia University’s library , reading through the Hamilton family papers, visiting the New York Historical Society, as well as interviewing the archivist of the New York Stock Exchange, and so on. The research process took years, but it certainly paid off. Chernow discovered that Hamilton created the first five securities originally traded on Wall Street. This finding, among others, revealed his significant contributions to shaping the current American financial and political systems, a legacy previously often overshadowed by other founding fathers. Today Alexander Hamilton is one of the best-selling biographies of all time, and it has become a cultural phenomenon with its own dedicated musical. 

Besides reading documents about your subject, research can help you understand the world that your subject lived in. 

Try to understand their time and social environment

Many biographies show how their protagonists have had a profound impact on society through their philosophical, artistic, or scientific contributions. But at the same time, it’s worth it as a biographer to make an effort to understand how their societal and historical context influenced their life’s path and work.

An interesting example is Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World . Finding himself limited by a lack of verified detail surrounding William Shakespeare's personal life, Greenblatt, instead, employs literary interpretation and imaginative reenactments to transport readers back to the Elizabethan era. The result is a vivid (though speculative) depiction of the playwright's life, enriching our understanding of his world.

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Many readers enjoy biographies that transport them to a time and place, so exploring a historical period through the lens of a character can be entertaining in its own right. The Diary of Samuel Pepys became a classic not because people were enthralled by his life as an administrator, but rather from his meticulous and vivid documentation of everyday existence during the Restoration period.

Once you’ve gotten your hands on as many secondary sources as you can find, you’ll want to go hunting for stories first-hand from people who are (or were) close to your subject.

With all the material you’ve been through, by now you should already have a pretty good picture of your protagonist. But you’ll surely have some curiosities and missing dots in their character arc to figure out, which you can only get by interviewing primary sources.

Interview friends and associates

This part is more relevant if your subject is contemporary, and you can actually meet up or call with relatives, friends, colleagues, business partners, neighbors, or any other person related to them. 

In writing the popular biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson interviewed more than one hundred people, including Jobs’s family, colleagues, former college mates, business rivals, and the man himself.

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When you conduct your interviews, make sure to record them with high quality audio you can revisit later. Then use tools like Otter.ai or Descript to transcribe them 一 it’ll save you countless hours. 

You can approach the interview with a specific set of questions, or follow your curiosity blindly, trying to uncover revealing stories and anecdotes about your subject. Whatever your method, author and biography editor Tom Bromley suggests that every interviewer arrives prepared, "Show that you’ve done your work. This will help to put the interviewee at ease, and get their best answers.” 

Bromley also places emphasis on the order in which you conduct interviews. “You may want to interview different members of the family or friends first, to get their perspective on something, and then go directly to the main interviewee. You'll be able to use that knowledge to ask sharper, more specific questions.” 

Finally, consider how much time you have with each interviewee. If you only have a 30-minute phone call with an important person, make it count by asking directly the most pressing questions you have. And, if you find a reliable source who is also particularly willing to help, conduct several interviews and ask them, if appropriate, to write a foreword as part of the book’s front matter .

Sometimes an important part of the process is packing your bags, getting on a plane, and personally visiting significant places in your character’s journey.

Visit significant places in their life

A place, whether that’s a city, a rural house, or a bodhi tree, can carry a particular energy that you can only truly experience by being there. In putting the pieces together about someone’s life, it may be useful to go visit where they grew up, or where other significant events of their lives happened. It will be easier to imagine what they experienced, and better tell their story. 

In researching The Lost City of Z , author David Grann embarked on a trek through the Amazon, retracing the steps of British explorer Percy Fawcett. This led Grann to develop new theories about the circumstances surrounding the explorer's disappearance.

Still from the movie The Lost City of Z in which the explorer is surrounded by an Amazon native tribe

Hopefully, you won’t have to deal with jaguars and anacondas to better understand your subject’s environment, but try to walk into their shoes as much as possible. 

Once you’ve researched your character enough, it’s time to put together all the puzzle pieces you collected so far. 

Take the bulk of notes, media, and other documents you’ve collected, and start to give them some order and structure. A simple way to do this is by creating a timeline. 

Create a chronological timeline

It helps to organize your notes chronologically 一 from childhood to the senior years, line up the most significant events of your subject’s life, including dates, places, names and other relevant bits. 

Timeline of Steve Jobs' career

You should be able to divide their life into distinct periods, each with their unique events and significance. Based on that, you can start drafting an outline of the narrative you want to create.  

Draft a story outline 

Since a biography entails writing about a person’s entire life, it will have a beginning, a middle, and an end. You can pick where you want to end the story, depending on how consequential the last years of your subject were. But the nature of the work will give you a starting character arc to work with. 

To outline the story then, you could turn to the popular Three-Act Structure , which divides the narrative in three main parts. In a nutshell, you’ll want to make sure to have the following:

  • Act 1. Setup : Introduce the protagonist's background and the turning points that set them on a path to achieve a goal. 
  • Act 2. Confrontation : Describe the challenges they encounter, both internal and external, and how they rise to them. Then..
  • Act 3. Resolution : Reach a climactic point in their story in which they succeed (or fail), showing how they (and the world around them) have changed as a result. 

Only one question remains before you begin writing: what will be the main focus of your biography?

Think about why you’re so drawn to your subject to dedicate years of your life to recounting their own. What aspect of their life do you want to highlight? Is it their evil nature, artistic genius, or visionary mindset? And what evidence have you got to back that up? Find a central thesis or focus to weave as the main thread throughout your narrative. 

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Or find a unique angle

If you don’t have a particular theme to explore, finding a distinct angle on your subject’s story can also help you distinguish your work from other biographies or existing works on the same subject.

Plenty of biographies have been published about The Beatles 一 many of which have different focuses and approaches: 

  • Philip Norman's Shout is sometimes regarded as leaning more towards a pro-Lennon and anti-McCartney stance, offering insights into the band's inner dynamics. 
  • Ian McDonald's Revolution in the Head closely examines their music track by track, shifting the focus back to McCartney as a primary creative force. 
  • Craig Brown's One Two Three Four aims to capture their story through anecdotes, fan letters, diary entries, and interviews. 
  • Mark Lewisohn's monumental three-volume biography, Tune In , stands as a testament to over a decade of meticulous research, chronicling every intricate detail of the Beatles' journey.

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Finally, consider that biographies are often more than recounting the life of a person. Similar to how Dickens’ Great Expectations is not solely about a boy named Pip (but an examination and critique of Britain’s fickle, unforgiving class system), a biography should strive to illuminate a broader truth — be it social, political, or human — beyond the immediate subject of the book. 

Once you’ve identified your main focus or angle, it’s time to write a great story. 

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While biographies are often highly informative, they do not have to be dry and purely expository in nature . You can play with storytelling elements to make it an engaging read. 

You could do that by thoroughly detailing the setting of the story , depicting the people involved in the story as fully-fledged characters , or using rising action and building to a climax when describing a particularly significant milestone of the subject’s life. 

One common way to make a biography interesting to read is starting on a strong foot…

Hook the reader from the start

Just because you're honoring your character's whole life doesn't mean you have to begin when they said their first word. Starting from the middle or end of their life can be more captivating as it introduces conflicts and stakes that shaped their journey.

When he wrote about Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild , author Jon Krakauer didn’t open his subject’s childhood and abusive family environment. Instead, the book begins with McCandless hitchhiking his way into the wilderness, and subsequently being discovered dead in an abandoned bus. By starting in medias res , Krakauer hooks the reader’s interest, before tracing back the causes and motivations that led McCandless to die alone in that bus in the first place.

Chris McCandless self-portrait in front of the now iconic bus

You can bend the timeline to improve the reader’s reading experience throughout the rest of the story too…

Play with flashback 

While biographies tend to follow a chronological narrative, you can use flashbacks to tell brief stories or anecdotes when appropriate. For example, if you were telling the story of footballer Lionel Messi, before the climax of winning the World Cup with Argentina, you could recall when he was just 13 years old, giving an interview to a local newspaper, expressing his lifelong dream of playing for the national team. 

Used sparsely and intentionally, flashbacks can add more context to the story and keep the narrative interesting. Just like including dialogue does…

Reimagine conversations

Recreating conversations that your subject had with people around them is another effective way to color the story. Dialogue helps the reader imagine the story like a movie, providing a deeper sensory experience. 

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One thing is trying to articulate the root of Steve Jobs’ obsession with product design, another would be to quote his father , teaching him how to build a fence when he was young: “You've got to make the back of the fence just as good looking as the front of the fence. Even though nobody will see it, you will know. And that will show that you're dedicated to making something perfect.”

Unlike memoirs and autobiographies, in which the author tells the story from their personal viewpoint and enjoys greater freedom to recall conversations, biographies require a commitment to facts. So, when recreating dialogue, try to quote directly from reliable sources like personal diaries, emails, and text messages. You could also use your interview scripts as an alternative to dialogue. As Tom Bromley suggests, “If you talk with a good amount of people, you can try to tell the story from their perspective, interweaving different segments and quoting the interviewees directly.”

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These are just some of the story elements you can use to make your biography more compelling. Once you’ve finished your manuscript, it’s a good idea to ask for feedback. 

If you’re going to self-publish your biography, you’ll have to polish it to professional standards. After leaving your work to rest for a while, look at it with fresh eyes and self-edit your manuscript eliminating passive voice, filler words, and redundant adverbs. 

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Then, have a professional editor give you a general assessment. They’ll look at the structure and shape of your manuscript and tell you which parts need to be expanded on or cut. As someone who edited and commissioned several biographies, Tom Bromley points out that a professional “will look at the sources used and assess whether they back up the points made, or if more are needed. They would also look for context, and whether or not more background information is needed for the reader to understand the story fully. And they might check your facts, too.”  

In addition to structural editing, you may want to have someone copy-edit and proofread your work.

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Importantly, make sure to include a bibliography with a list of all the interviews, documents, and sources used in the writing process. You’ll have to compile it according to a manual of style, but you can easily create one by using tools like EasyBib . Once the text is nicely polished and typeset in your writing software , you can prepare for the publication process.  

In conclusion, by mixing storytelling elements with diligent research, you’ll be able to breathe life into a powerful biography that immerses readers in another individual’s life experience. Whether that’ll spark inspiration or controversy, remember you could have an important role in shaping their legacy 一 and that’s something not to take lightly. 

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What is a Biography Poster?

A biography poster is a presentation of information that students have researched about another person in a poster format. Oftentimes biography posters include images of the person, information about their childhood, accomplishments, education, and other pertinent information. Biography posters are a creative and engaging way for students of all ages to demonstrate what they have learned about a person.

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Posters are an important part of the learning process because they bring creativity and imagination to an otherwise mundane assignment. Posters are a fun way for students to visually show what they learned about an important person. With space for short paragraphs, art, and even a place for them to put their head through the poster, biography posters add pizzazz to a presentation. From ancient history to yesterday, make biography posters that bring history to life! Students could also use the biography poster template to make an autobiography poster about themselves!

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A biography is a written account of a person’s life that details their life in chronological order. Another person usually writes this detailed account, and it contains reports of their childhood, career, major life events, relationships, and social impact. It also details their relationships with their family, children, and life accomplishments.

The best way to find out more about a popular figure is through reading their biographies, so you need to make sure you get the correct information. Before writing a biography, you need to do a lot of research and interviews to represent a person’s life accurately.

Types of Biography

A biography is the story of someone’s life as written by another writer. Most biographies of popular figures are written years, or even decades, after their deaths. Authors write biographies of popular figures due to either a lack of information on the subject or personal interest.

A biography aims to share a person’s story or highlight a part of their life.

There are different types of biographies, depending on the story. Some biographies are written true to the story, while some are written as fictional works. Biographies can give you true understanding of a person on an internal as well as external level along with a lot of life lessons.

Autobiography

An autobiography is different from a biography because it is written by the subject of the story, themselves. The author writes in the first-person narrative, and it flows step-by-step like a story of their life. Autobiographies contain personal accounts of the subject’s life, along with their perspectives and opinions on events in their life.

How To Write a Biography

Pick a subject.

Picking a subject is the first step in writing a biography. You can pick an already famous person or a relatively unknown person with a great life story. If you already have a few in mind, you can start by asking yourself some questions such as;

  • What has the subject accomplished that makes them a good subject?
  • Have they had an impact on society?
  • Is the subject a celebrity or a well-known personality?
  • Will the biography appeal to a wide audience?

Get Permission

When you pick a subject, the next thing to do is to get permission from them or their family or rights owners. Although, with some historical figures, there may not be any need for permission. Getting permission from your subject makes it easier for you to get stories to put into your book. You can get the chance to obtain additional personal stories and anecdotes that will make your book more interesting by doing so as well.

Do The Research

Research is the most important part of a biography’s process as the entire content of the book is dependent on it. Irrespective of what you know about the subject, you need to carry out as much research as possible to get the story’s facts precisely.

Biography research comes from various sources, depending on the book’s subject. Firsthand reports from family, friends, or personal accounts from the subjects are primary sources. They are usually the most accurate and reliable, and they are crucial for a biography. Secondary sources come from other sources like magazines or documentaries.

Pick a Format

Biographies come in various formats, with each of them having their pros and cons. A typical biography will start at the beginning, usually with the birth and childhood of the subject. Yet, if the biography’s theme involves a different event in their life, the author may want to explore the flashback option or one with concurrent events from different times.

Usually, biographies have a theme or a general life lesson at the center. The author’s role is to tell the subject’s story leading up to the major event.

Which-ever format you choose should place the theme at the center, with the other events detailing the journey.

Create a Timeline Of The Story

Since a biography takes place in chronological order, there needs to be a timeline of the events in the right order. The timeline should contain the key events in the subject’s life, in the order the author plans on revealing them. A great way to declutter the story and keep it interesting is to use flashbacks . This way, the author can introduce past events and explain later events excluding the element of monotony.

Add In Your Thoughts

The good thing about biographies is that you don’t have to stick to the hard facts only. As the author, you can share your opinions and emotions in writing. The author has the freedom to do this by commenting on a significant action by the subject in a manner that describes why they feel the subject may have done what they did.

The author can also include commentary on events depicted in the biography – how it was influenced society or its impact on the lives around them. Recounting these events through a different perspective can make the biography more relatable and interesting to read.

FAQ’s

Why is a biography template important.

A biography template has an outline that makes the writing easier for the author. Biography templates usually contain a sample timeline, format, and questions that provide more information about the subject. With a great biography template, you can cut your writing time in half and spend less time coming up with an outline.

How are biographies better in comparison to autobiographies

Since a different person writes biographies, they tend to be more objective and somewhat accurate than autobiographies. An autobiography tells things from the author’s perspective, so their views and perspective cloud it. Thus, a biography will likely tell a more factual story.

These are the important steps you need to take to help you write a great biography. Now, to make things easier for you, we have a free customizable autobiography and biography template that you can use to start your first book. Get the template and start writing today

What are some of the most important elements to keep in consideration while writing a biography?

Any author looking to write a biography must consider the factors below. They aren’t the only important factors, but a biography isn’t complete without them. • Date and place of their birth • Academic background • Professional expertise • Death, if deceased • Facts and anecdotes about the person • Main accomplishments • Detailed accounts of their child and adult life

Biographies tell the untold stories of some incredibly relevant people in the world. But biographies are not always strictly accurate. So, every biographer needs to follow the necessary steps to provide a biography with all the requirements.

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Biography design with the title 'Book cover for "Letters from Katie Luther" by Shirley Casemier'

Express yourself with a custom biography design created just for you by a professional designer. Need ideas? We’ve collected some amazing examples of biography images from our global community of designers. Get inspired and start planning the perfect biography design today.

Biography design with the title 'Memoir'

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star.

Artwork for a new documentary film on Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star. The film looks at Tom Cruise's career revival from his low-point during the mid-noughties, from the last three Mission Impossible films to Edge of Tomorrow and Top Gun: Maverick, and how he has regained his place at the top of Hollywood. A bold, simple and clean design.

Biography design with the title 'Kallelsen book cover'

Kallelsen book cover

The book is about Brother Andrew (1928 – 2022) who were a Dutch Christian missionary and founder of the Christian organization Open Doors. He was known for smuggling Bibles and other Christian literature into communist countries during the Cold War and, because of his activities, he was nicknamed "God's Smuggler"

Biography design with the title 'Behind the Mask of the Stranger'

Behind the Mask of the Stranger

A biography of serial killer.

Biography design with the title 'Cover Design for a book about being an Entrepreneur. '

Cover Design for a book about being an Entrepreneur.

The contest holder had an idea in mind regarding the style and visuals they wanted for the cover. I tried to come up with a concept that was modern, but not a typical business-style layout. I was looking for the fresh approach. I found imagery that related to the restaurant in question and was able to blend together the idea into a design that was uncluttered and direct.

Biography design with the title 'Edgy Book Cover'

Edgy Book Cover

non-fiction, self-help book cover

Biography design with the title 'Book cover for "Fragments"'

Book cover for "Fragments"

Biography design with the title 'Book cover for "Brother You Are Not The Devil"'

Book cover for "Brother You Are Not The Devil"

This cover is available for purchase. If you're interested, please send me a message. :-)

Biography design with the title 'The Ten Commandments'

The Ten Commandments

Prophet Illustration

Biography design with the title 'Book cover - A Life Without Regret'

Book cover - A Life Without Regret

Biography design with the title 'Artsy cover concept for a memoir about nursing'

Artsy cover concept for a memoir about nursing

I am very interested in this book as I have also been a Registered Nurse for many years! I wanted it to not look like a "business book", so to speak; to look more INTERESTING and intriguing. This very artistic cover accomplishes that. This design is available and unused if you'd like to see it adapted for your book. Save yourself the contest fees; shoot me a message and we'll open up a 1:1!

Biography design with the title 'Hakaras Hatov'

Hakaras Hatov

Simple, clean and minimalist design, with an elegant approach.

Biography design with the title 'A book cover illustrating the journey of an international student from Africa to America'

A book cover illustrating the journey of an international student from Africa to America

Biography design with the title 'Nachtangst'

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, with additional adjustments, through 1 to 1 project.

Biography design with the title 'Show me what you got'

Show me what you got

Biography design with the title 'Inspired Book Cover about making dreams come true '

Inspired Book Cover about making dreams come true

Biography design with the title 'Requested: "eye catching book cover for a introverted self help coach"'

Requested: "eye catching book cover for a introverted self help coach"

This cover illustrates in a very graphic way two things; how it feels behind a wall looking to come into a country, and how it feels as an introvert; as you often feel like you are looking on at others. The effect is stark and dramatic. This design is available and unused if you'd like to see it adapted (with a different person behind the wall) for your book. Save yourself the contest fees; shoot me a message and we'll open up a 1:1!

Biography design with the title 'The Reign of Queen Victoria'

The Reign of Queen Victoria

Cover for a biographical book about one of the greatest figures in British history, Queen Victoria.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover'

Book Cover Animation: Garage Songs

A small animation to show your book cover in a funny and striking way on social networks

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover Design for Famous Australian Dingo Story'

Book Cover Design for Famous Australian Dingo Story

Biography design with the title 'Talking to the Sky'

Talking to the Sky

Biography design with the title 'William Faulkner Movie'

William Faulkner Movie

Movie about William Faulkner

Biography design with the title 'Murdering My Youth Book Cover'

Murdering My Youth Book Cover

Book cover designs for a memoir by actress Cady McClain featuring a self-portrait.

Biography design with the title 'Railway to the front'

Railway to the front

Journal from a WW1 Soldier

Biography design with the title 'Portfolio UI'

Portfolio UI

Portfolio concept for a full-stack developer.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover for a martial art legends!'

Book Cover for a martial art legends!

Exploring the beauty of Japanese art concept and combine it with the author's picture.

Biography design with the title 'A Farm Girl Forever Book Cover'

A Farm Girl Forever Book Cover

This cover uses the bright bold colors of the outdoors, with green grass and blue sky to convey the idea of life on a farm. The side of the barn is focused into the cover and a "painted on" sign look is created for the title of the book.

Biography design with the title 'Little Big steps book cover'

Little Big steps book cover

This cover is a biographical inspirational story. The idea expressed in the title of Little Big Steps is illustrated in the photograph of a hand holding a stack of photographs. These photos represent the "steps" or little accomplishments along the journey that have added up to the inspirational confident person that is in the top photo. The title is in contrasting thick and thin fonts, with the thin being sophisticated and geometric, the thick font on big as a little rough edge and is in a teal taken from the background of the photograph.

Biography design with the title 'Design a life coach home page'

Design a life coach home page

Life coach for 28-40 year old successful men and women looking for more out of life, who feel like something is missing, they aren't living the life of their dreams but don't know how to effect the transformations needed to achieve it

Biography design with the title 'Eastern Planning INC Tri Fold brochure design'

Eastern Planning INC Tri Fold brochure design

Eastern Planning Inc. is a fiduciary financial planning firm dedicated to providing clear, trusted financial guidance.

Biography design with the title 'Growing up with RC book cover'

Growing up with RC book cover

Nostalgic cover of a story about growing up with a father who is a great theologian and being surrounded by books and learning. Cover uses a casual image of a young boy in rolled up jeans, with a Bible in his lap and sitting on a foundation of many books. Blurry and textured images give the feeling of the past.

Biography design with the title 'Of operas, bombs, school and love: An adolescence in Hamburg 1943-1949'

Of operas, bombs, school and love: An adolescence in Hamburg 1943-1949

Biography design with the title 'Soulcation: Design a Life You Don't Need a Vacation From'

Soulcation: Design a Life You Don't Need a Vacation From

Biography design with the title 'Design a book cover for a self-help-meets-memoir book'

Design a book cover for a self-help-meets-memoir book

In my book, I want to share my journey from a gnome to a goliath. Each chapter starts with a real-life case study of a successful person, whom I have used as an influencer. Then, I share a personal narrative illustrating a stage in my journey and how I approached it. Finally, I distill my success into several tips per section, usually tapping the wisdom of other books, people, or experience and I define the pillars for self-organizing life. I also have a cheat card with the most important take-aways at the end which readers can tear and put somewhere for inspiration (or snap with their phones and get back to it if needed).

Biography design with the title 'Book cover for Goebbels.'

Book cover for Goebbels.

The client wanted a cover for a book about the World War II and the history of the Holocaust. So I used a series of Public Domain images to create a composite image. I used simple, classic fonts because they fit the style and time period without looking retro or dated.

Biography design with the title 'My Sweet Lady'

My Sweet Lady

Biography Book Cover

Biography design with the title 'Typographic cover design for an inspiring memoir'

Typographic cover design for an inspiring memoir

The author of TSB suffered a serious sporting accident which left him a paraplegic. The book relates his long journey to recovery and his challenges and observations along the way. I chose to make the cover design primarily typographic as I wanted to highlight the unique and very personal title given to the book, and bring it to life visually. The crutches and boots refer to the author's accident and eventual return to his feet, while the lemon was added into the subtitle, and as an image, to help convey the author's sense of humour. Neutral greys are contrasted with bright yellows in order to suggest the seriousness of the subject matter on the one hand, whilst emphasising the 'sunny', often very positive tone, taken by the author on the other. This is a cover that would stand out on the book shelves and intrigue potential buyers.

Biography design with the title 'Create an intelligent, thought provoking cover for my new book, "First Train Out of Denver"'

Create an intelligent, thought provoking cover for my new book, "First Train Out of Denver"

At the surface this is a true story about a former army ranger medic who saw heavy combat in Iraq and Afghanistan selling everything he owns and traveling the world (28 countries on 5 continents). The journey begins with him stowing away on and old coal train. There is parallel character analogy being told of the story of Icarus (The kid who flew too close to the sun on makeshift wings, they melted and he fell into the sea and drown) The protagonist struggles with isolation and alcoholism, while attempting to find his place in the world. This work has the free spirited travel element of Kerouac's "On the Road" mixed with similar isolation and minimalist philosophies of Thoreau's "Walden" written in the style of my last book, "On Assimilation" (which deals entirely with the issues veterans face when they return from combat)

Biography design with the title 'The Red Lollipop - Biography Book cover design'

The Red Lollipop - Biography Book cover design

Biography book cover design with a minimal design.

Biography design with the title 'E-book cover'

E-book cover

Non-fiction. From the brief: "Book description: She was married to a stranger for 21 years, then betrayal and divorce offered an exciting do-over. Target audience: 75 percent women, 25 percent men. Ages 30-55. Married and/or divorced. Primarily college educated Caucasians living in urban and suburban areas who've been hurt in intimate relationships. Mood: provocative, fiery, playful. Imagery having to do with a happy response to being betrayed...

Biography design with the title 'Little Big Steps'

Little Big Steps

Little Big Steps is the story of the pivotal moments, interactions, and breakthroughs following the injury that turned the author's life upside down. Each chapter explores the experiences, challenges, and discoveries that have inspired him to work towards those accomplishments he was told were impossible. There are moments of immense frustration and grief, and moments of surreal hilariousness and unparalleled joy as he remain on the path to get back on his feet. The story culminates with proof that motivation, determination, and unwavering commitment can lead to incredible achievements.

Biography design with the title 'Life's Great Adventure'

Life's Great Adventure

My initial idea was a lot different than this one. Although the client liked my initial design however he wanted a design which contains a desert and a mountain. It's a pretty simple design with modern typography and creative use of images made this design very pleasant to look at. Great collaboration is always the key and CH was very keen on making this design as perfect as it can be. Here is the full cover http://bit.ly/2w5HHRJ

Biography design with the title 'Treading Water'

Treading Water

A compilation of different experiences in the author's life, that took her from a scared, broken, 26 year old mother, thinking of taking her own life, to a pretty well established mother, grandma, and great grandma. Through these experiences, she is able to share some of her life adventures with her readers, and laugh and cry with them along the way.

Biography design with the title 'The Alpha Way'

The Alpha Way

Design available for purchase. I can change the photo, color theme, title, subtitle, author name. Invite me 1 to 1 project (I'll give you special price, and unlimited revision) package : Full cover (front, back and spine), mock up, pdf file

Biography design with the title 'Our Little Secret'

Our Little Secret

Biography design with the title 'Biography book cover for jake beaty'

Biography book cover for jake beaty

Biography design with the title 'Biography book cover for cathy broomfield'

Biography book cover for cathy broomfield

Biography design with the title 'Biography Cover'

Biography Cover

book cover & ebook cover design

Biography design with the title 'Rebel Devil'

Rebel Devil

The true story of an american fighter pilot & Southern Gentalman -> Retro/Vintage feel -> Memories

Biography design with the title 'Book Racing Hearts And Burning Cars'

Book Racing Hearts And Burning Cars

Biography design with the title 'Biography book cover for Toby sveelnis'

Biography book cover for Toby sveelnis

Biography design with the title 'Website Design for Performer'

Website Design for Performer

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover Proposal'

Book Cover Proposal

Book Cover Proposal. Do you want a design like this? Just contact me through 1-to-1 projects, here at 99D.

Biography design with the title 'page for protein biologist'

page for protein biologist

Biography design with the title 'Who Is Charles Levine?'

Who Is Charles Levine?

Biography design with the title 'Biography book on Navy officer'

Biography book on Navy officer

Biography design with the title 'What the fuck was I thinking?'

What the fuck was I thinking?

Biography book

Biography design with the title 'Biography and philosophy book cover artwork concept'

Biography and philosophy book cover artwork concept

I made the illustration in the cover design to portray the one who inspire the writer by her wisdom. The words on the background is the quotation and sub chapter title from the book.

Biography design with the title 'Inspirational soccer stories for kids'

Inspirational soccer stories for kids

Inspirational soccer stories for kids: Lionel Messi biography book for kids. The main theme and purpose of the book is to inspire and entertain children with the amazing story of Lionel Messi, one of the best soccer players in history.

Biography design with the title 'Biography book to encourage young adults'

Biography book to encourage young adults

This life story came from brave young man who had through his difficult times and soaring to his better self. Eagle is his personification image that fit with his book.

Biography design with the title 'Book Design for Dog lovers'

Book Design for Dog lovers

True stories about living with an Australian Shepherd

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover'

This is a book about a journey of a person who was successful in life, but had no freedom. This is a story about the process of becoming a free person.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover Sail Free'

Book Cover Sail Free

The book is a biography of business coach Steve Long from Canada, the book contains his story as a business person, a boat builder, world sailor. The photo used was provided by Steve Long . The boat appears that it was built by him . Then added a layer with a map and the title on the horizon, an invitation to adventure and to read the book .

Biography design with the title 'My Life My Bio'

My Life My Bio

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover '

Book Cover for Biographic Book

Biography design with the title 'Book cover idea for EL LUIYI'

Book cover idea for EL LUIYI

Man with big dreams. Dreams are leading the way in the life. Falling star we see is the luck in your life and then dreams come true.

Biography design with the title 'Who Is Charles Levine?'

Based on a true story Charles Levine was a real person. In this historical novel, as an old man of 94 years of age, he tells his 11 year old granddaughter the story of his life. He claims to be a successful businessman, a record breaking aviatior, and a hero--helping Jewish refugees escape Nazi Germany during WW2. His tales include associations with Babe Ruth, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bill Donovan. His chief antagonist is Charles Lindbergh, who is portrayed as an evil Nazi sympathizer. There is doubt whether his stories and associations are true or just the musings of a vivid imagination.

Biography design with the title 'UNHITTABLE'

Book cover design for fictionalized biographical novel

Cover design for fictionalized biographical novel based on a woman in NYC during the 1950s/60s

Biography design with the title 'A biographical Book'

A biographical Book

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover Design - A Monarch in Winter'

Book Cover Design - A Monarch in Winter

THE DESIGN IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE. Fiction book, Biography, Literary fiction, Short story, Romance, Poetry

Biography design with the title 'Reflections on an interesting life'

Reflections on an interesting life

A collection of essays reflecting on a life well lived. Some are humorous. Some are somber. Some are reflective of interesting and humorous bits that make up a life.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover, war, madness, delta force "Simple Machines"'

Book Cover, war, madness, delta force "Simple Machines"

Biography design with the title 'Learning to Love the Turbulence'

Learning to Love the Turbulence

AVAILABLE FOR SALE | $180 USD -Message me for details -Includes Ebook and Print files -Girl image NOT INCLUDED * Book covers listed for available sale will only be sold once. If a book cover is sold or unavailable, it will be posted in the description.

Biography design with the title 'Generational Abuse Biography. Book cover'

Generational Abuse Biography. Book cover

Biography design with the title 'Create a fun ebook cover for a lighthearted ocean sailing memoir'

Create a fun ebook cover for a lighthearted ocean sailing memoir

A book recounting travel memoir based on the blog http://www.burnettsahoy.com, about sailing a juiced catamaran around the fairy-Atlantic world. I created a silhouetted view of the authors of this book, Greg and Mel, staring at their boat. The client wanted the book's shades of beautiful aqua blue and pink. So I made a gradient on the sky.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover'

Book cover design in modern minimal illustrated style for a biographic book about life experiences, family, university, travels, achievements and reflections on living.

Biography design with the title 'The immunotheraphy revolution cover book '

The immunotheraphy revolution cover book

The client wants a revamp of his previous book design

Biography design with the title 'Self organizing book cover'

Self organizing book cover

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover Design'

Book Cover Design

THE DESIGN IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

Biography design with the title 'Book cover "Sor Juana my beloved"'

Book cover "Sor Juana my beloved"

Biography design with the title 'Resume'

Blue line like the way in your life. the line starts with the title and "60 anos" and continue without end.

Biography design with the title 'Contest Winner - DVD cover design'

Contest Winner - DVD cover design

An introspective German music student is drafted into Hitler's army and becomes a reluctant Platoon Leader. He miraculously survives both the Russian Front and the Normandy Invasion, and is recruited by his American captors to be a U.S. Government agent in postwar Germany. He eventually immigrates to the U.S., where he forges a 25-year career working for a small company owned by Orthodox Jews. A unique, first-person perspective of the war told with unprecedented candor, insight and raw emotion.

Biography design with the title 'Cray, Cray by Kristine Medea'

Cray, Cray by Kristine Medea

Book Cover for Therapist who was Institutionalized as a Child

Biography design with the title 'Voittoja Pitkassa Juoksussa'

Voittoja Pitkassa Juoksussa

This is a life story of Mr. Tenho Lauri, who has lived an extraordinary life. He has born in 1945, started with nothing working as a elevator boy at age 15, moving on to several promotions to own sales business in his 20s. Had a wife and baby, Then started to drink booze heavily for the next 10 years and lost everything. Quit drinking at age of 30 and started from scratch again. Built up 2 succesfull construction companies, new family, sold companies at age of 50. Started to invest in real estate and stocks. Is a millionaire since 20+ years. Biggest passion since 50, is running marathons. He has run a marathon in 85 different countries, and still runs 15-20 marathons per year. He is ranked in world top ten in how many different countries person has run a full marathon.

Biography design with the title 'Cover for “The Self-Actualization of Ayn Rand” by Roman Gelperin'

Cover for “The Self-Actualization of Ayn Rand” by Roman Gelperin

Biography design with the title 'Living on three spoons'

Living on three spoons

book cover design

Biography design with the title 'Das ist ein Wunder“ sagte mein Arzt'

Das ist ein Wunder“ sagte mein Arzt

Ich habe in meinem Buch meine Erfolgsgeschichte erzählt. Mein Arzt sagte, dass keine Therapie mehr bei mir möglich ist. Trotzdem hatte ich nicht aufgegeben und nach ca. 4-5 Jahren habe ich wieder all meine Haare zurückbekommen, so dass mir mein neuer Arzt sagte: Das ist ein Wunder. In mein Buch erzähle ich sowohl meine eigene Heilungsgeschichte als auch, was man konkret machen soll, falls man unter derselben Krankheit oder Haarausfall leidet.

Biography design with the title 'Book Cover '

Book cover "Cinderella Lives in a Bomb Shelter"

Emotional Appeals a book cover for a True Story of a Daughter's Search For Love by Mariel Martin - "Cinderella Lives in a Bomb Shelter"

Biography design with the title 'Biography Book Cover'

Book cover design about a biography of US Presidential Candidate.

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Free Editable Biography Graphic Organizer Examples

A biography graphic organizer is an excellent tool for historians, educators, students, and professionals. Making a graphic organizer create someone's biography is hard and takes time, and using templates and examples is the most efficient way to create these graphic organizers. Here, we will talk about biography templates, how to write a biography with EdrawMax Online, and a few example topics.

1. What is Biography Graphic Organizer

A biography graphic organizer visually represents a person's biography from a third-person perspective. We use it to brainstorm and organize essential information about people, historical figures, characters in novels and movies. Most of the biographies we create or read are typically based on famous people. Still, you can create a biography of anyone with key information about their lives and major events. It helps you visualize details about someone’s early life, adult life, family life, and related exciting facts.

2. The Biography Graphic Organizer Examples

You can use biography graphic organizers to gather key information about any person, and you can arrange that information logically based on the major events and that person's life. It is easy to read and understand someone's biography; however, making a biography is entirely different. It takes a lot of time to write a memoir, and without a proper template, you will also have to put in extra effort to do the framework. There are many formats of biography templates, each with its uses and benefits. Check out our biography graphic organizer examples will help to pick a suitable template for your task.

Example 1: Biography Graphic Organizer

A biography graphic organizer depicts a person's biography by gathering their major life events and organizing them logically to represent their various life aspects. You can use various graphic organizers to create a biography, such as a pamphlet. There are three sides to this template, one with different information about a person's biography. Teachers use such templates to give assignments and tests to their students. The person's picture and intro go on the first page with the writer's name. We got the bibliography and blank space for the teacher's comments on the second page. The person's key facts and family details are on the last page of the pamphlet.

Biography Graphic Organizer

Example 2: Free Printable Biography Graphic Organizer

You can easily create someone's biography with a free printable biography graphic organizer. There is no standard format to make a biography, and that is why you can use various graphic organizers such as broachers or charts. This template follows a simple layout with the important person's name at the top. After that, there are empty boxes where you can enter the person's date of birth and death in question. There are three blank areas labeled as facts. Here you can write three major events or key points about the person. In the end, you can write about the lesson you learned from this biography

Free Printable Biography Graphic Organizer

Example 3: Biography Graphic Organizer PDF

A biography graphic organizer PDF is best when you don't know how much information you will add to the biography. People use it to make worksheets to organize and gather all the information about the important person. These templates come with their benefits, such as no space limit. You can expand your worksheets with incoming data, unlike those graphic organizers where you get limited space to write details and information. The person's name goes at the center of the chart. At the top, we got some relevant information, such as their background and major accomplishments.

Biography Graphic Organizer PDF

Example 4: Biography Graphic Organizer Middle School

A biography graphic organizer in middle school is an excellent tool for students to gather information of the important personalities they read about in their books or novels and create a biography. A Martin Luther King biography is typical for middle school students. This template comes with a picture of the important person, and key information goes to the boxes around the image. You start with writing the birth and death date of the person. Write their famous quotes and give a little intro to why that person is famous. You can add some character traits to make it perfect.

Biography Graphic Organizer Middle Shcool

Example 5: Graphic Organizer for Biography

This is a standard graphic organizer for biography. It comes in a simple format with the writer's name at the top. After that, there is the person's name or the title of your biography. You start introducing that person by listing some information about that person early. There is also an option to add a picture on the right side. After the early life comes the major events of their family life. There is also bank space to write the accomplishments that made this person famous. You can end the biography by listing a few interesting facts about that person.

Graphic Organizer for Biography

Example 6: Stalin Biography Report Graphic Organizer

This is a complete Stalin biography report graphic organizer template. If you are writing a Stalin biography, then use this template and modify the text, and you get a perfect memoir. The template follows the standard format of listing the writer's name above the topic title and person's name. There is blank space for you to write about that person's early and family life. In the accomplishments section, you write about the reason for that person being famous and their deeds. Close your biography with a list of interesting facts.

Stalin Biography Report Graphic Organizer

Example 7: Free Biography Graphic Organizer

A free biography graphic organizer is a standard tool students use to create biographies for their assignments. Most students use free templates such as this one to complete projects, and it helps them gather information about the famous person and organize it without wasting their time creating a framework from scratch. Any student can make a biography by writing the correct details and information in the right boxes. The name and title go at the top, and there is a blank space to write the date and destination of birth and death. Then, you got a huge area to write the accomplishments of the famous person.

Free Biography Graphic Organizer

Example 8: Biography Graphic Organizer 3rd Grade

A biography graphic organizer 3rd grade helps primary school students write biographies of famous people and characters from movies and novels in the correct format. Teachers use these templates to improve their students' reading and writing skills. The biography starts with the writer's and the famous person's name at the top. The students write a summary about that person's life like an intro, and there is also bank space to add that person's photograph. After that, students list some key facts, write some of their quotes and end the biography with some exciting events in that person's life.

Biography Graphic Organizer 3rd Grade

Example 9: Biography Writing Graphic Organizer

You can structure information for brainstorming sessions and idea generation with a cluster word web. It also helps create outlines for various writings and pre-write your presentations or reports. The number of clusters in your diagram depends on your ideas and critical elements. You don't have to follow a specific format and limit the number of items you add to your diagram. In this example, the main idea is at the centre, with related details and themes in a logical structure.

Biography Writing Graphic Organizer

3. How to Write a Biography

Follow these steps to learn how to write a biography.

Step 1 : Create a graphic organizer yourself or customize a template to gather and organize information about the important person.

Step 2 : You can gather key information by researching multiple resources and collecting data to conduct comprehensive and efficient research.

Step 3 : Collaborate with your peers to do your thesis and create a proper framework before writing the biography.

Step 4 : Create a timeline and add your ideas to the biography.

Step 5 : Add key information about that person's life, achievements, the reason for success and exciting facts.

4. Topics for Biography

The topic for biography depends on the name of the person you plan to write about. You can write about famous people and characters from movies and novels. If you can't find a suitable person, you can write about historical figures or people who made huge contributions to humanity. You can also base your title on people who discovered new lands and invented new technology. Here are some famous biography topics.

  • Albert Einstein
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  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Alexander the Great
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  • Charles Lindbergh
  • Clarence Birdseye
  • Eli Whitney
  • Elie Wiesel
  • George Washington Carver

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A biography graphic organizer is a fantastic tool that helps gather, organize and visually represent key information about famous and influential personalities. Teachers use these graphic organizers to give their students home assignments and test papers that help improve their writing and storytelling skills. EdrawMax is the best biography maker with creative customizing tools and features that makes your job much easier. It comes with a comprehensive template and symbol library that you can employ with a few clicks. It also gives you the option to export your diagram in any format you want.

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A biography graphic organizer is commonly used to conduct research about famous and famous people and visualize the key information about their life. Historians and professionals use it to create autobiographies and generate timelines. You can learn everything you need to know from our biography examples. It makes it easy to understand someone's life achievement; however, it is hard to make a graphic biography organizer. EdrawMax Online is the best online biography maker. You can use its templates to make any online to save your time and effort. It supports various document formats and creative customization tools. Find more graphic organizer templates in the templates community.

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