Australia

In Australia, biography writing is closely tied to family history: with such a large share of the population descended from relatively recent immigration, personal and family biographers are in steady demand to help preserve those stories. Sydney and Melbourne host most of the country's professional biographers, though many work with clients remotely across the country, and a smaller number take on corporate or public-figure biography projects.

Because so much of the work here centers on preserving family stories, ask how a biographer handles interviews with older relatives and archival research, skills that matter as much as the writing itself.