Highlights of the 2018 BIO Conference: Holmes Keynote Address and Husband-and-Wife Team in Conversation
More than 225 established and aspiring biographers from three continents immersed themselves in their craft at the Ninth Annual Biographers International Organization Conference, held May 18 and 19, at the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Along with the announcement of the Plutarch Award for 2018, conference highlights included a keynote address by Richard Holmes, winner of the 2018 BIO Award, and a discussion between Edmund Morris and Sylvia Jukes Morris, who shared their experiences writing about both living and dead subjects. [more]
Scenes from the 2018 BIO Conference:
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- Robert Caro introduces the winners of the first Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowships. Photo by Jane O’Connor
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- Stacy Schiff and Griffin Dunne appeared together on a panel called “On the Screen and on the Page.” Photo by Barbara Lehman Smith
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- Kitty Kelley and Joe Hagan appeared together on a panel called “The Antagonist.” Photo by Barbara Lehman Smith