Biographers & Historians (Authors)
A collection of biographers and historians to make your day, give you context, and tell the stories of people, places, and things. Send me a message if you'd like to be added (or subtracted).
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@brianjayjones.com
@mst-writes.bsky.social
Australian biographer, writer, reader, gardener, muse, dirty lefty and terrible cook. On Dja Dja Wurrung land. SPIRIT OF THE CROCODILE (Allen&Unwin, 2025), SO FAR, SO GOOD (Pantera 2022), ELIZABETH MACARTHUR (Text 2018). www.MichelleScottTucker.com
@atimpson.bsky.social
Queer public historian. Writer. Sass factory. Creator of Yesterqueers 🏳️🌈. Find me everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/atimpson Rep’d by Iris Blasi at Arc Literary.
@rjgoodrich.bsky.social
Author of L.A. BIRDMEN and COMET MADNESS. Photography is my hobby, writing history books is my day job–you'll find both interests represented here. Currently living in Taiwan, but my heart belongs to Venice. Author website: https://richardjgoodrich.com
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
Biographer, historian, journalist, professor, grandfather, Detroit born, DC and Madison based. Believer in Smokey Robinson, George Orwell, democracy, freedom of the press,Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente. and the Green Bay Packers.
@melaniermeadors.bsky.social
Science communicator and writer. NASA Solar System Ambassador. Public Outreach Coordinator for Aldrich Astronomical Society Opinions are my own, facts are for all. http://melaniermeadors.com
@mickimorahn.bsky.social
Retired history prof. Biographer of Bertha Duppler Baur and Kate Debs.
@histparl.bsky.social
Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day. You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
@victoriancommons.bsky.social
The History of Parliament's House of Commons 1832-1945 project, currently researching MPs, elections and parliamentary history between 1832 and 1868. Find more details on our blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/
@thehistorybits.bsky.social
Historian of Medieval & Women's History. FRHistS. Mum. Yorkshire lass. New book Jan 2025: Scotland's Medieval Queens Blog: Historytheinterestingbits.com Podcast: A Slice of Medieval https://viewauthor.at/SharonBennettConnolly
@oispooky.bsky.social
🤼 1880s boxing & wrestling historian 🥊 London's Cockney, Cumbrian, Caribbean pugilists ✍🏻 Moscow, Munroe, Goodson, Wannop 👊 Advisor #AThousandBlows 👩🏻💻 PR @britsciassoc.bsky.social 🏖️ Clacton-on-Sea 🖤 www.grapplingwithhistory.com
@nathenamin.bsky.social
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society • HWA Book judge • Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor https://amzn.to/4e499k9 • A Chronicle of Dragon & Cats https://bit.ly/48klsaQ • Events & Talks https://linktr.ee/nathenamin • Welsh-Kashmiri
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@dreileenluscombe.bsky.social
Hello Butterflies 🦋 Historian Biographer Researcher Suffragette Snippetts Feminist Histories Adjunct Research Fellow Federation University History and Legacy of the Suffragette Fellowship: Calling all Women! Routledge
@lisbet.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Researcher. Current projects: Tolson sister #suffragettes and history of @FarmWoodoaks. Trustee at British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social and Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@mattjord.bsky.social
Writes about media, sound, technology & democracy Book:`Danger Sound Klaxon: The Horn that Changed History' https://tinyurl.com/47k7hft5 Director: newsliteracy.psu.edu Exec Producer doc series: huminfocus.psu.edu
@ekwashington.bsky.social
Author, “Boss of the Grips” — Winner, Herbert H. Lehman Prize | Winner, GANYC Apple Award | Finalist, Brendan Gill Prize
@russburlingame.com
I wrote that book about 'Josie and the Pussycats.’ Husband to Cali, Dad to Daniel, Sammy and Charlie. Now writing: ECV Analog • Oni Press
@garethknapman.bsky.social
Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker. https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6659
@leahredmondchang.bsky.social
Writer * Historian * Author of Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power (Bloomsbury; FSG, 2023). She/Her leahredmondchang.com
@lizsp.bsky.social
Historian, professor, friend of sweet pitbulls and cats. Wrote a book about the Rhinelander trial (1925) a while back for UNC Press. Recent work on Urban League and equality 1960s/early 70s. I sew, knit, and read historical mysteries.
@cliosfanboy.bsky.social
Mostly retired American history prof. Specialist on Woodrow Wilson and his Era. Dayton, Ohio native, Alum of Hanover College, Wright State, & Ohio University. Sigma Chi. Beer can collector. Balloon Juice Jackal and LGM fan. Yellow Dog Democrat
@eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social
Writer/Researcher. KeatsShelley Essay Prize, Rubery Book Award. Author Wilde's Women. Life & Loves of E. Nesbit, Selected Articles from The Woman’s World. Here for books, art, nature, laughter & tranquility.
@amaraniss.bsky.social
Bestselling author of sports & social justice nonfiction for adults, teens & children. Lillian Smith, Sydney Taylor, & RFK (Sr!) Book Awards, Rainbow Book List, RISE Feminist Book List. Vandy Athletics Special Projects. Brewers, Packers Andrewmaraniss.com
@playingcleo.bsky.social
Historian of modern 🇫🇷. Gender, celebrity, beauty. Professor at the University of Alabama. Friend to all creatures furry and feathered.
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way. Lives with epilepsy.
@emilybrand.bsky.social
Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist. 📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron 📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies
@mariasmilios.bsky.social
Award winning author The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis Adjunct Columbia University SPH Keynote speaker @penguinrandomhouse #endtb #gunsafety #factsmatter #womenmatter (https://www.mariasmilios.com)
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
@tomaashby.bsky.social
Historian • Soon JSPS Fellow @utokyoofficial.bsky.social nominated @britishacademy.bsky.social • Reviews Editor @global-ih.bsky.social • Co-org @gpolthought.bsky.social • PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social • alum @qmul.ac.uk & @kebleoxford.bsky.social • autistic
@emilyherring.bsky.social
Writer My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out now! "The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year.” John Banville Bylines Aeon, The TLS, The New European She/Her https://linktr.ee/eherring
@buckweaver.bsky.social
Curling, cats, and crimes. And occasional baseball. (Also, baseball crimes.) Living in Chicago with @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social. Never quite sure which century I’m in. https://jacobpomrenke.com
@anitasilvey.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, dog lover, political activist. Biographies of Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey. 🦋
@gregjarrell.com
Organizer, The Redress Movement Author, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American N'hoods. https://bit.ly/3vacJsG I study the political theologies of US urban renewal and organize for repair. He/him. CLT
@benjaminepark.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own https://linktr.ee/benjaminepark
@ptklein.com
Film historian and cultural critic. Radically optimistic. Writing about why we watch movies at www.howtoreadmovies.com. He/Him/His.
@jonearle.bsky.social
Academic administrator, U.S. Historian. Dogs, New Orleans, politics. Views are my own. Enjoy every sandwich!
@davidsilkenat.bsky.social
Milbauer Chair of Southern History, University of Florida https://history.ufl.edu/directory/david-silkenat/
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@alexvont.bsky.social
Historian, screenwriter, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
Author+Historian 🧪🗃️, Mystery Novelist, Host of Peculiar Book Club, as seen on THE UNBELIEVABLE. Nonfiction: THE INTERMEDIARIES #trans rights history. Latest mystery: FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE. @SciAm @WSJ @wired #ActuallyAutistic #NB she/her
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@adamchicago.bsky.social
historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him mysteriouschicago.com , patreon.com/adamchicago
@lancerichardson.bsky.social
Writer. Australian. TRUE NATURE, my biography of Peter Matthiessen, out October 2025 from Pantheon Books. Faculty in the Bennington MFA in Writing. He/him. www.lancenrichardson.com
@pjsauer.bsky.social
Writer of stuff. SAHD-Man. Montana then, Brooklyn now. patricksauer.contently.com patrickjsauer@mac.com if you need me for anything scriberly
@bartography.bsky.social
Author—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & GLITTER EVERYWHERE! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. VP—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
@pdtoler.bsky.social
Writing unexpected history for smart adults and curious kids - and vice-versa. Author of Women Warriors and the forthcoming The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany. Kickass cook. www.pameladtoler.com
@tisserand.bsky.social
Look for my books Krazy and Sugarcane Academy and The Kingdom of Zydeco and My Father When Young at indy bookstores. I answer mail at MichaelTisserand.com
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (coming February 2026) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) Contact: lepplin@gmail.com
@dannyfingeroth.bsky.social
Author of upcoming bio "Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald's Assassin" due in Nov from CRP. Also Stan Lee bio, "A Marvelous Life." Lots of comics and comics related stuff. Audio book narrator. Consultant to JewCE Comic Con and Will Eisner Studios.
@ghweldon.bsky.social
Author, THE CAPED CRUSADE, NPR’s PODCAST START UP GUIDE. Unauthor, SUPERMAN: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY. Host, POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR.
@summerbrennan.bsky.social
Award-winning writer and Orion Book Award finalist. American in Paris. Books: THE OYSTER WAR; HIGH HEEL. Next: THE PARISIAN SPHINX, A TRUE TALE OF ART & OBSESSION. Leonard Cohen blew me a kiss one time. Substack: https://www.awritersnotebook.org/
@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor. Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice & razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.
@alexiscoe.bsky.social
Presidential historian. Senior Fellow @NewAmerica. NYT bestselling author of (almost!) 3 books.
@jasondashbailey.com
I write about movies. https://www.jasondashbailey.com/ GANDOLFINI Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/gandolfini_9781419767692/ GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817 Letterboxd @jasondashbailey
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Author, SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next nonfiction book (November 2025): WITHOUT CONSENT http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
@authorsimonread.bsky.social
Book fanatic, history fan, and martini drinker. “Scotland Yard: A Bloody History” out now in the US from Pegasus Books and the UK from Headline. www.simonreadwriting.com
@pulmyears.bsky.social
Host of the Record Store Day Podcast, author of biographies about The Kids In The Hall, Todd Rundgren, and more. Canadian Screen Award Winning co-executive producer of Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks
@biographer.bsky.social
Historian. BA, UVA. PhD, Groningen. Biographer of Clarence Darrow, Tip O'Neill, Ted Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Next book: The American Revolution.
@biographersintl.bsky.social
Living vicariously through others since 2009.
@rboomhower.bsky.social
Biographer. Editor. Ex-reporter. I write a lot about journalists. Writing bio of groundbreaking Black newsman Wallace Terry, author of "Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans" for @unmpress.bsky.social.
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@brianjayjones.com
NYT bestselling biographer and big mouth, now coming to you from the wilds of New Mexico. Come for the Muppets, Star Wars, and Dr. Seuss; stay because I make a mean cocktail. Up next: the U.S. Capitol. Find me at brianjayjones.com. He/him. Go Lobos.