How to Write a Biography

Claire O'Fiore: What is a story if it's not heard? We're such these narrative generating machines. Sometimes we have to work out how we ground it in the personal. Why do you want to write this? Well, I just care about it. All my books that I write have me exist as a character within them. You know, I don't pretend that I'm objective. I'm a subjective person who cares about the subject. The whole process of being sort of not qualified to write it or not sure who to go to or tracking stuff down can be part of the thrill for the reader. And actually you can fold the barriers into the narrative. You can