Query letter biography

What is a query letter bio?

An author or writer biography (bio) in a query letter bio is a brief (brief being the operative word) summary of your writing credentials. It should give the literary agent a meaningful insight into your writing career, publishing credits, and perhaps your profession or hobbies—only if relevant to the manuscript that you’re querying.

It is a single paragraph that usually appears at the end of your query letter, right before you thank them for their time and attention and sign off.

What should your query letter bio do?

Your query letter bio should:

• Establish any writing credentials, including publications, awards, courses, workshops, or other achievements that show literary merit
• Show that you are the best person to write this specific book
• Be clear, concise, polite, but most of all, a professional summary of who you are as a writer
• Show that you are a professional person, a decent human, and not a psychopath

Remember, your query letter has a sin