This is one of the provocative ideas behind Andrew Hoffman's well-written biography of America's most famous literary icon.

His life of his brother Hartley, published in 1849, is a very well-written biography, and he also edited some of his father's works in conjunction with his sister.

A well-written and extremely informative biography of Thirkell's second son, the novelist Colin MacInnes.

However, she stresses that Curie, whom she as a child was fascinated by after reading a well-written biography, was not her "role model".

In 2001 our reviewer, Claude Rawson, found this an "affectionate and well-written biography."

And that is the trouble with this otherwise thoroughly researched and well-written biography.

Now, thanks to this really good, well-written and thoughtful biography, he will be just a little harder to ignore than before.

A very well-written biography, with references to the conflict with the Hanslick/Brahms field, and 19th century Austrian culture and society.

A well-written biography of William C. Durant, who founded General Motors in 1908 but declared bankruptcy in 1936, listing assets of $250.

"Mary Shelley," Miranda Seymour's affectionate and well-written biography, concisely sketches the background of scientific inquiry that influenced Shelley's early intellectual development.