As the survivor of writing two cradle-to-grave biographies, I am an active member of Biographers International Organization. We are a relatively new group and are having our 5th annual conference at UMass Boston, May 16-18, 2014 with three days of panels; tours and receptions; and opportunities to meet with literary agents..

The conference is aimed at working biographers, but anyone interested in the craft of – and/or reading of — biography is welcome. It’s a great group: there’s something about writing about someone else’s life that makes one a better — or, at least, more empathic — person, I firmly believe!

The main conference day is Saturday, May 17, with more than 20 panels — I will be moderating a panel, Cultivating Blurb Writers, and will be a panelist on What Happens After You Turn in Your Manuscript? – plus a keynote address by Pulitzer-prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff (Cleopatra; Véra), and a net-working reception and award ceremonies for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2013 and the BIO/Hazel Rowley Prize. Pre-conference tours to Boston archives and libraries are scheduled for May 16th, and master classes with veteran biographers are offered on May 18th. www.biographersinternational.org/conference.

If you come, do find me to say hello. I’d love to welcome you to the art and craft of biography.

The post Calling All Biographers! appeared first on Marmaduke Writing Factory.