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    October 8, 2026 · 50 min

    In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr James Bailey chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark.  Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why James structures…

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    October 1, 2026 · 44 min

    In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Nigel Cameron chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Dr Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why Nigel Cameron opened the…

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    September 24, 2026 · 35 min

    In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Kathryn Heyman chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Circle of Wonders. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: ‘Circle of Wonders’ is a novel about a group of women who…

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  • Parallel Lives: From Freud and Mann to Arbus and Plath

    September 17, 2026 · 34 min

    In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Jeffrey Meyers chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Parallel Lives: From Freud and Mann to Arbus and Plath  Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Jeffrey Meyers adopted…

  • Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry

    September 10, 2026 · 46 min

    In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Adam Plunkett chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why Adam Plunkett spent a decade…

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    September 3, 2026 · 40 min

    In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Ramie Targoff chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Shakespeare’s Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Ramie Targoff selected…

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    August 28, 2026 · 40 min

    In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, Robert Dessaix chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Chameleon was shortlisted…

  • Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath

    August 20, 2026 · 45 min

    In this latest episode of Biographers in Conversation, S. Shakthidharan (Shakthi) chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath. Here’s what you’ll discover in this…

  • ‘Find Me at the Jaffa Gate’, 2026 Michael Crouch Award for a Debut Work, winner

    August 15, 2026 · 53 min

    In this special episode of Biographers in Conversation for the National Biography Award, Dr Micaela Sahhar chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting the award-winning Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia…

  • ‘Max Dupain: A Portrait’. 2026 National Biography Award winner

    August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    In this special episode of Biographers in Conversation for the 2026 National Biography Award, Dr Helen Ennis chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Max Dupain: A Portrait. Here’s what you’ll discover in this…

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About the show

Biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies chats with biographers across the world about the myriad of choices they make while researching, writing and publishing life stories. In every episode, she explores elements of narrative strategy such as structure, use of fiction techniques, facts and truth, beginnings and endings and to what extent the writer interpreted the evidence rather than providing clues and leaving it to readers to do the interpreting themselves. She also asks how they researched their books; how they balanced a subject’s public, personal and inner lives; and ethical issues, such as privacy and revealing secrets.