: the biography of a person narrated by that person : a usually written account of a person's life in their own words
celebrity autobiographies
The fall and rise of Chrysler Corporation is an oft-told tale—three books on the subject have appeared already, including Lee Iacocca's bestselling autobiography. Jerry Flint
Frederick Douglass's autobiographies are invaluable both for what they reveal about antebellum slavery and for what they reveal about a remarkable American. Peter Kolchin
This last book … is part autobiography and part fiction, though it is listed as fiction. Mims Cushing
Some 400 crowded both floors of the bookstore and lined up around the block as Iggy [Pop] signed the entire stock of 200 copies of his autobiography "I Need More."Publishers Weekly
In recent years, the biggest-selling baseball books have been autobiographies of colorful personalities, written with the aid of collaborators. Ray Walters
The letters are arranged chronologically and episodically to form an autobiography. William S. McFeely
Example Sentences
I read her autobiography last year.
Recent Examples on the WebThis is not true-crime, not a deep dive into scandal, not a disposable pop-star autobiography—the three genres du jour. Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 July 2022 In 1986 Newman had started on an autobiography, and asked his old friend, the screenwriter Stewart Stern, to record interviews with him, Woodward, and his friends and colleagues. Caryn James, Town & Country, 21 July 2022 The feature project is based on the autobiography Reaching for the Stars. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022 The play draws on the autobiography of a fascinating historical figure: Mary Seacole, a British Jamaican nurse and entrepreneur who, in the 1850s, tended to the sick and wounded on the front lines of the Crimean War.Washington Post, 10 May 2022 It’s the autobiography of Megaforce Records founder Jon Zazula, as told to one of my fellow Virginians, Harold Claros-Maldonado. Riza Cruz, ELLE, 4 May 2022 As Pence was wrapping up his remarks, news about his upcoming autobiography was released. Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 27 July 2022 Given all that, perhaps the biggest revelation in her new autobiography, A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman, is that this stellar high achiever was plagued by the same doubts and lack of confidence that afflict the rest of us. Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 2 July 2022 Dave Grohl wrote about his history with Hawkins in his 2021 autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 June 2022 See More