Surprisingly, Schiff has not been the subject of a serious biography until now.

In serious biography, the money oozes; the investment is in production.

Other reviewers praised the book, describing it as "the first serious biography of the mufti to appear in 14 years".

He then embarked on the serious biographies which made his name.

Thus it was not until 1900, almost 300 years after Hariot's death that the first serious biography appeared.

Sam Tanenhaus, a free-lance journalist, has written the first serious biography of him.

Victor Cousin published a more serious biography in 1856.

"Napoleon for Dummies" is a serious biography written by a recognized scholar.

However, there is a debate around the state of the genre and publishers' appetite for serious biography.

Thus a new serious biography has a commanding, basic importance.