Friday, May 19, 2023

4:00pm – 4:45pm: Member Readings: BIO members read excerpts from their recent biographies.

4:45pm – 5:30pm: Presentations of the Biblio Award, Robert & Ina Caro Research / Travel Fellowships, the Chip Bishop Fellowship, the Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship, the Hazel Rowley Prize, and the Ray Shepard Award.

Saturday, May 20, 2023

8:40 – 9am: Welcome, Kai Bird (Leon Levy Center for Biography) and Linda Leavell (Biographers International Organization)

9:10am: James Atlas Plenary, Blanche Wiesen Cook and Beverly Gage in Conversation

10:15am – 11:15am: Panels Session I, “What Editors Want.” Will Swift, moderator; Amy Caldwell, William Frucht, John A. Glusman, Hilary Redmon.

11:30am – 12:30pm: Panels Session II, “Book Promotion in the Age of Social Media.” Lisa Napoli, moderator; Allison Gilbert, Brian Jay Jones.

[12:30 – 2pm lunch break]

2pm – 3pm: Presentation of Plutarch Award and BIO Award

3:15pm – 4:15pm: Panels Session III, “Secrets and Lives: Ethical Dilemmas in Biography.” Megan Marshall, moderator; Paul Fisher, Ruth Franklin, Abigail Santamaria.

4:30pm – 5:30pm: Panels Session IV, “Complicated Icons.” Carla Kaplan, moderator; David Maraniss, Tamara Payne, Stacy Schiff.

We will share videos of livestreamed events with registrants several weeks after the conference.