[Gabriel Beyers]

In the back matter of my books I usually have a short About the Author, a list of my other books, a link to sign up for my mailing list, a request for reviews, my email address, links to various social media sites that I haunt, and then the copyright page.

My question is, do most of you write the back matter material in 1st or 3rd person? I have been writing it in 3rd person, which I think sounds better for the about the author, but when it comes to requesting reviews and informing readers of my mailing list, 3rd person sounds so impersonal. Should I switch it around or maybe mix and match?

 

[unkownwriter]

I do all mine in third person. There isn't a lot of stuff in my back matter as of yet, my author bio is really short, as is my "call to action" where I list my new releases link and the request for a review.

I don't think it sounds too impersonal, but I could be wrong. I often am.

 

[chele]

I do it in third person too.

 

[Lummox JR]

I write the afterword and acknowledgments in first person. My author bio is in third person.

 

[Robert Dahlen]

I write the afterword and acknowledgments in first person. My author bio is in third person.

I was about to say the same thing. It's what I felt the most comfortable doing as I wrote them. If you're comfortable doing it another way, do it that way.

 

[eibhlin]

I write the afterword and acknowledgments in first person. My author bio is in third person.

That's what I do, as well. I'm pretty sure that's standard. I just went through a random selection of my (ridiculously large) collection of others' books, and all follow that format, as well.

 

[SB James]

Mine is in third person as well. Made up my mind to do it that way last second.

 

[Gabriel Beyers]

Thanks all. I think I'll change mine so that the about the author is in 3rd. Everything else in 1st.


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