Unauthorized biography

Unauthorized biography

An unauthorized biography is a biography about a person that was not approved or otherwise authorized by the subject of the biography. Unauthorized biographies are published usually about celebrities. Those who write unauthorized biographies are sometimes subject to defamation lawsuits.


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