biography
n. countablen. the story of a person's life written by someone else. You read this to learn about the real experiences and achievements of a famous or interesting person.
n. an account of a person's life written by another individual. Often contrasted with autobiography, where the subject is also the author.
I am reading a biography of Steve Jobs.
The historian spent five years researching the president's early life for her upcoming biography.
While a hagiography seeks to praise its subject, a critical biography examines both the triumphs and the moral failings of the individual in question.
From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Often takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the subject.
I wrote my biographyI wrote my autobiographyA biography is written by someone else; a book you write about your own life is an autobiography.