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Six times a year, Current Biography offers ongoing access to the most important individuals and personalities of today.

1. Six issues per year allow researchers to keep up with the day’s most talked-about and influential people.
2. Twenty people are profiled in each issue, spanning a wide variety of professions and cultures.
3. People profiled in each issue include those who have never appeared in the Current Biography series before, along with a handful of individuals who were profiled in the past but need a significant update based on their more recent accomplishments.
4. Subscriptions typically begin in January or July and continue for twelve months. We can accommodate alternative start dates to align with your budget year.
5. Multiple photos accompany most of the entries. Now Printed in Full Color!
6. Free Online Access Included with a Subscription to the Salem Press/Grey House Platform, your readers will be able to search through the biographies of those profiled. An unlimited number of simultaneous users and remote access included.

Variety

Current Biography strives to find those though leaders, artists, educators, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are not only accomplished in their professions, but whose life stores are celebration of human achievements. Professions featured include activist, actor, alpine ski racer, analytical chemist, architect, artist, author, baseball player, blogger, CEO, chef, comedian, comic book writer, conductor, congressperson, cookbook author, cricketer, economist, fashion designer, film producer, geologist, gymnast, historian, hockey player, little league pitcher, mathematician, Miss America, motorcycle road racer, operatic singer, poet, priest, professional sumo wrestler race car driver, radio host, rapper, rock climber, social psychologist, stunt performer, surgeon, television screenwriter, venture capitalist, video game designer, violist, and young-adult novelist… among many others!

Sources

An invaluable source for researchers, teachers, students, and librarians, Current Biography draws information from newspaper and magazine articles, books, the Internet, observations of journalists and associates, and occasionally personal interviews or questionnaires completed by the subjects. This resource presents biographical information in a lively style that makes for entertaining as well as informative reading.

The Magazine

Subscriptions typically begin in January or July and continue for twelve months. We can accommodate alternative start dates to align with your budget year. If you have any questions about selecting a start date, please call Customer Service at (800) 562-2139.