Author bio examples for nonfiction books

Samuel Price is a family physician with thirty years of practice in rural Kentucky. He has delivered more than 1,500 babies and still answers his phone on Sundays.

Leah Goldberg is an employment lawyer who has represented more than 600 workers in wage disputes. She writes guides that explain the law without the jargon.

Victor Osei is a structural engineer who has inspected bridges in eleven countries. He writes about how everyday things are built and why some of them fail.

Megan Ross is a registered dietitian who runs a nutrition clinic in Portland, Oregon. Her first book grew out of the handouts her patients kept asking her to copy.

Carlos Mendez paid off $84,000 of debt in four years on a teacher’s salary. He now teaches the method in workshops across Texas.

Priya Raman left a corporate job at forty to open a bakery, closed it at forty-three, and opened a better one at forty-four. This book is everything she learned in between.

Tom Becker has walked the entire Appalachian Trail three times, once with a broken toe. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Nadia Clarke has coached more than 300 first-time managers at companies large and small. Her workshops are known for having no slides at all.

James Whitfield built and sold two software companies before turning forty. He now advises founders and writes about the mistakes he made so you don’t have to.

Amara Eze is a licensed therapist who specializes in burnout. She lives in Atlanta and takes every August off, on principle.

Elena Vasquez spent a year on a research station in Antarctica as its only cook. This is her account of that winter.

Robert Kim served as a combat medic on two deployments and later became an emergency room nurse. He writes about the work of keeping people alive.

Grace Liu traced her family’s journey from Guangdong to San Francisco through letters, ship records, and one very stubborn great-aunt.