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recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and circumstances around some of history’s most fascinating events. The best biography ...

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A biography is a non-fiction text about someone's life. Biographies are true pieces of text, based on fact, so biographers (the people who write biographies) have to do a lot of research.