Shows how after the Nazis came to power, prominent exile writers used biofiction to provide reade...

In recent years, the biographical novel has become one of the most dominant literary forms-J.M. C...

Biofiction, defined as literature that names its protagonist after an actual historical figure, f...

Joanna Scott (b. 1960) has been one of America's leading writers since the 1990s. Both critically...

Joanna Scott (b. 1960) has been one of America's leading writers since the 1990s. Both critically...

Before the 1970s, there were only a few acclaimed biographical novels. But starting in the 1980s,...

Biofiction: An Introduction provides readers with the history, origins, evolution, and legitimiza...

Biofiction, literature that names its protagonist after a historical figure, has become a dominan...

Jay Parini (b. 1948) is best known for his novel about Leo Tolstoy's last year, The Last Station,...

Jay Parini (b. 1948), is best known for The Last Station, a novel about Leo Tolstoy's last year h...

Biofiction is literature that names its protagonist after an actual historical figure, and it has...

How does a writer approach a novel about a real person? In this new collection of interviews, aut...