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In the world of submitting to literary magazines, a short third-person biography is required. What if like me, you’re starting out with few, if any, qualifications to your authorly name?

What if, like me, you’re unsure of how to promote yourself? Let me help.

Alyssa Bushell is a flash fiction addict and mystery novelist from Southern Ontario.

Biography in first person examples

She has spent hours trawling the internet for tips on and examples of author bios. Her own short bio appears in such literary publications as Ellipsis Zine, Leon Literary Review, and Reckon Review. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her near water with her nose in a book, a coffee in hand, and some sort of pastry nearby.

Connect with her @WritesAly

The above is an example of a 75-word biography that, while admittedly tongue-in-cheek, accomplishes the two fundamental goals:

1. It tells you who I am.
2. It tells you why you’ll be interested in what I have to say.

That is precisely the point of your author bio.

Give your readers a sense of who