This introduction explores the genre of biography, its evolution, and its various forms, offering an in-depth understanding of how life stories are crafted. It highlights notable works, such as A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton, and Megan Mayhew Bergman’s Almost Famous Women. The paper further discusses the blending of historical fact with fictional elements in biographical fiction and its emergence as a unique subgenre. The role of biography in modern literature, its narrative structure, and its significance in understanding influential individuals and their contributions are examined.

Biography, biographical fiction, literary biography, historical biography, popular biography, critical biography, life stories, biography genre.

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