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Bill Thomas Named Recipient of BIO’s 2026 Editorial Excellence Award

August 27th, 2026

Biographers International Organization (BIO) has selected Bill Thomas, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Doubleday, as the recipient of its 2026 Editorial Excellence Award. The annual award, established in 2014, honors an […]

Call for Proposals: 2027 BIO Conference

August 10th, 2026

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BIO has opened the call for proposals for its 2027 conference, set for Wednesday afternoon June 16, 2027, and all-day Thursday, June 17, 2027 at the CUNY Graduate Center in […]

Francesca Wade Wins 2026 Plutarch Award for Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

May 29th, 2026

Francesca Wade has been named the winner of the 2026 Plutarch Award for the best biography of 2025, with her book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife (Scribner). The Plutarch, the only […]

BIO Member Amanda Vaill Wins 2026 Pulitzer for Biography

May 8th, 2026

BIO member Amanda Vaill has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the Pulitzer […]