Under The Skin: How biographers cope with living someone else’s life - Helen Trinca at Sorrento Writers Festival

Peter FitzSimons, Jock Serong and Helen Trinca with Michael Cathcart

How does a biographer deal with the ghost in the room, the person whose story you are trying to tell - creatively, engagingly and with accuracy? How do biographers navigate their way through truth, empathy, objectivity, admiration and those ”Eureka!” moments of discovery as they retell someone’s life journey?