Biographies

There have been an excellent set of pro biographies and more than a few fan biographies published:

Title	Author	Biographee
Don't Panic	Neil Gaiman	Douglas Adams
Wish You Were Here	Nick Webb	Douglas Adams
In Memory Yet Green	Isaac Asimov	Isaac Asimov
In Joy Still Felt-- The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978	Isaac Asimov	Isaac Asimov
I, Asimov	Isaac Asimov	Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov	James Gunn	Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov	Michael White	Isaac Asimov
Once Around the Bloch -- An Unauthorized Autobiography	Robert Bloch	Robert Bloch
Bradbury	Jerry Weist	Ray Bradbury
Astounding Days	Arthur C. Clarke	Arthur C. Clarke
Time and Chance	L. Sprague de Camp	L. Sprague de Camp
Motion of Light in Water	Samuel R. Delany	Samuel R. Delany
Search for Philip K. Dick	Anne R. Dick	Philip K. Dick
Being Gardner Dozois	Michael Swanwick	Gardner Dozois
Infinity x Two	Luis Ortiz	Ed Emshwiller
Ray Harryhausen--An Animated Life	Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton	Ray Harryhausen
Grumbles from the Grave	Robert A. Heinlein	Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein--Learning Curve	William H. Patterson	Robert A. Heinlein
Dreamer of Dune	Brian Herbert	Frank Herbert
Bare-Faced Messiah -- The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard	Russell Miller	L. Ron Hubbard
C.M. Kornbluth--The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary	Mark Rich	C.M. Kornbluth
"Not Much Disorder and Not So Early Sex" in The Ghost Light	Fritz Leiber	Fritz Leiber
Murray Leinster--The Life and Works	Billee J. Stallings & Jo-An J. Evans	Murray Leinster
Better to Have Loved	Judith Merril & Emily Pohl-Weary Weist	Judith Merril
The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees	Michael Swanwick	Hope Mirrlees
H. Beam Piper--A Biography	John F. Carr	H. Beam Piper
The Way the Future Was	Frederik Pohl	Frederik Pohl
Into Your Tent--The World of Eric Frank Russell	John L. Ingham	Eric Frank Russell
James Tiptree, Jr.--The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon	Julie Phillips	James Tiptree, Jr.
Wonder's Child -- My Life in Science Fiction	Jack Williamson	Jack Williamson
With Stars in My Eyes	Peter Weston	Peter Weston

from Fancyclopedia 2 ca. 1959

Of pros have been popular since the very first fanzine. In Second Fandom, biographies of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared; a little later came autoanalyses. The biographies may give date and place of birth and physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance into and career in fandom, and his taste in proz, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, ktp, which would be useful in understanding the person.

from Fancyclopedia 1 ca. 1944

Biografies of pro figures were in the first fanzines and before. In the Second Fandom, biogs of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared. A little later came autoanalyses. The biografies usually give date and place of birth, and sometimes physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance and career in fandom, and his preferences as to promags, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, &c, which would be useful in understanding the person.