biographer
Someone's story teller
A biographer is a person who writes an account of someone else's life.
The biographer researches their subject through interviews, letters, diaries, and historical records, then shapes this material into narrative: His biographer spent eight years tracking down sources.
Unlike autobiographers, biographers write about others, not themselves.
Creator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
- historianExpert on past events
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
interviewer · archivist · ghostwriter · journalist · scholar · chronicler · portraitist · interpreter
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- authorizedGiven official permission
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
definitive · critical · literary · popular · scholarly · revisionist · psychobiography
Stored historical documents
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
- sourcesPoints of origin
- documentsFormal written records
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
diaries · correspondence · primary sources · manuscripts · records · fact-checking · investigation · genealogy
Ordered historical record
- timelineOrdered display of events
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
structure · arc · chapters · episodes · anecdotes · scenes · vignettes · pacing
Side-facing outline
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- legacyWhat's passed down
- journeyTravel from place to place
- truthAccordance with reality
revelation · insight · perspective · intimacy · psychology · motivation · character · personality
author
Creator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
- historianExpert on past events
- researcherOne who studies systematically
storyteller · interviewer · archivist · ghostwriter · journalist · scholar · chronicler · portraitist · interpreter · sleuth
memoir
Written personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- authorizedGiven official permission
unauthorized · definitive · critical · literary · popular · scholarly · revisionist · psychobiography
archives
Stored historical documents
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
- sourcesPoints of origin
- documentsFormal written records
letters · diaries · correspondence · primary sources · manuscripts · records · fact-checking · investigation · genealogy · oral history
chronicle
Ordered historical record
- timelineOrdered display of events
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- interpretationAssigned meaning
storytelling · structure · arc · chapters · episodes · anecdotes · scenes · vignettes · pacing · framing
profile
Side-facing outline
truth · revelation · insight · perspective · intimacy · psychology · motivation · character · personality · relationships
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, birthplace
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- biopic termstrue story, life story, dramatization, adaptation, portrayal
- humanities careershistorian, philosopher, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- biographical sketchBrief life account
- personal biographySelf-written life account
- biographical fictionStories imagining real lives
- biographical novelsNovels depicting real lives
- unauthorized biographyLife account lacking subject's approval
- authorized biographyPermitted account of someone's life
biography, biographies, biographical, biographers, autobiographer, autobiographical, biographic, biographically