Biographers International Organization (BIO) is excited to announce Biography Lab 2025, its third annual online forum, which will be held via Zoom on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 10:30 am – 5:00 pm EST. BIO invites participants at all levels of interest and experience in the craft of biography to participate in three sequential 90-minute forums led by prominent biographers and people in publishing. Free for BIO members and students. $60 General Admission. Register now!

John A. Farrell, Is Biography still Relevant in the Age of X, Trump and Truthiness? (The keynote address is prerecorded and can be viewed any time after 8:00 a.m.)

10:30 – noon: Jean Strouse, Three Wildly Different Stories

Noon – 12:30: Break

12:30 – 2:00: Susan Leon, The Art of Great Biography: Reflections from across an Editor’s Desk

2:00 – 2:15: Break

2:15 – 3:45: Yunte Huang, The Chinese Art of Biographical Writing

4:00 – 5:00: Social Hour