About me examples for authors

I am [first name], an author in [your town]. I write novels, non-fiction and short fiction. Tell me which book you have read and what you want to ask about it.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

I am an author, and the part of the work I care most about is writing that earns the hours it asks for. I am published, and my clients are mostly a reader, an editor, a festival programmer or someone writing an introduction for you.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is writing that earns the hours it asks for. I am published.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

Right now I am mostly doing novels, for a reader, an editor, a festival programmer or someone writing an introduction for you. I am published. If you want to talk about non-fiction, tell me which book you have read and what you want to ask about it.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

I am [first name] — an author in [your town], published. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do novels and non-fiction.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

If you are a reader, an editor, a festival programmer or someone writing an introduction for you, you are in the right place. I am [first name], an author, and what I do about giving a book hours they will not get back, for a writer they are not sure about is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

I am published. Published work, with the publisher and year stated rather than implied. Beyond the paperwork: I work on novels, non-fiction and short fiction, and the bio comes in three lengths, so the right one is always to hand.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

I do one thing: novels. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am published. If that is what you need, tell me which book you have read and what you want to ask about it.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Author in [your town], published. Novels and non-fiction. Read the books.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

I am [first name]. I have been an author for [number] years, working for a reader, an editor, a festival programmer or someone writing an introduction for you. I am published. If it would help to talk, tell me which book you have read and what you want to ask about it — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.