I love to read about others' lives and eavesdrop on what they experience. My forays into autobiography and biography have been varied. While I enjoy focusing on authors, I've also delved into royalty, musicians, evangelists, and even an odd-ball outlier. Here are a few titles if you are looking for interesting autobiographies or biographies:
- Andy Miller: A Legend and a Legacy by Henry Gariepy - biography of a Salvation Army evangelist
- Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce by John Piper - biography of a politician/philanthropist
- Barbara Park by Dennis Abrams - children's biography of the author of the Junie B. Jones books
- Looking Back: A Book of Memories by Lois Lowry - autobiography by the author of The Giver
- Victoria: Portrait of a Queen by Catherine Reef - biography of the queen of my favorite era to study
- Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser - biography of children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel - biography of an odd hermit
- About Alice by Calvin Trillin - biography of the author's wife
- The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King - biography of Fred Rogers
- A Curious Man by Neal Thompson - biography of Robert Ripley
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean - not strictly biography, but contains a biography of Ray Bradbury
- Lives of the Writers by Kathleen Krull - children's biographies of famous writers
- Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull - children's biographies of famous musicians
- Spare by Prince Harry - autobiography of the lime-lighted prince
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