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Author Bio Checklist Item 4: Personal Note for Connection

25 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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Julie Broad (speaker/creator) advises on including a brief personal note in an author bio when space allows. She uses her experience as a Canadian living in the U.S. and examples (hobbies, family, pet adoption, etc.) to show how specific personal details create humanizing points of connection with readers.

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What does that author bio need? Item 4 for the checklist Personal Notes if your bio is short, you may not have space for this. But for longer bios, a line about your personal interests, family or where you live, or anything you're super passionate about can go a long way. Being a Canadian living in the US I almost always want to identify myself as that so I can connect with other folks who've immigrated to the US but also so that the Canadians know I'm a kindred spirit that wants to add extra U's to words that don't need them, and that I'm someone who will understand them when they say they've been practicing their skipping or that their toque is itchy, or that they're making progress with their process creation. I feel you, my Canadian friends, I do. But in all seriousness, your love of Minecraft, your passion for adopting senior dogs, your boys in football. These are interesting points of connection that show you're human. And it is important in your bio to do that if you have room.