The end of each year is a good time to update your author bio. Your author bio helps potential readers learn more about you and why they should read your book(s). If you’ve written a new book this past year or received a book award, update your author bio with that information.
Here are some things you might include in an author bio:
- Titles of your books
- Book awards received
- Work experience relevant to your book’s topic. (As an example, a client writing a book about coping with grief would include in her bio that she is a psychotherapist with 30+ years of experience in grief counseling.)
- Something personal so your reader can get to know you better – perhaps where you live, that you’re a mother of three beautiful daughters, hobbies, or the inspiration for why you wrote your book.
- Links to your website and/or social media platforms
It is a good idea to write a list of all the places you need to update your bio so you don’t forget. They might include your:
- Website
- Media kit
- Amazon author profile
- Goodreads profile
- Facebook author page
- LinkedIn bio
- Instagram bio
- Twitter bio
- BookBub profile
- Anywhere you submit articles such as Medium
- Any other places online you may have your bio