unauthorized biography
Uninvited personal history
An unauthorized biography is a biographical work written without the subject's cooperation or approval.
The designation signals that the author lacked access to the subject directly and may have relied on public records, interviews with associates, or speculation.
Unauthorized biographies often promise revelations the subject would prefer suppressed: The unauthorized biography alleged years of secret affairs.
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- dirty laundryEmbarrassing private matters
- tell-allRevealing, candid account
- kiss and tellSharing intimate secrets publicly
secrets · family secrets · revelations · celebrity · public figure · tabloid · gossip · private · intimate · behind closed doors · betrayal · lawsuit · cease and desist · defamation · sensational · leaked · whistleblower · confidential
- biographiesautobiography, autobiographies, memoir, memoirs, life stories
- life writingmemoir, autobiography, memoirs, memoir writing, life history
- writer biographiesautobiography, memoir, letters, diaries, journals
- world biographiesworld leaders, historical figures, cultural icons
- academic fraudplagiarism, academic dishonesty, exam cheating, fake degrees, diploma mills
unauthorized biographyautobiography
Self-penned life narrative
memoir · first-person account · self-portrait · personal narrative · reminiscences
unauthorized, biography, author, authorize, authorized, authorizing, authorization, authoritative, authority