5 Medium Bios That Are Permanently Stuck in My Head

I sometimes think about them before falling asleep

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When we talk about how to market ourselves as writers, we rarely discuss this short piece of text that displays next to each of our articles.

The online space that’s so uniquely yours.

The best opportunity to remind your readers who you are… and then, do it again. And again.

I’m talking about your writer’s bio on Medium.

The bio isn’t an easy thing to master. There’s quite a lot of pressure attached to it. How do you make the best possible use of such a limited number of characters? The smaller the volume of the text, the harder it is to get it right.

But such an extremely short form of writing also means that you have a real chance to get into your readers’ heads. No one will remember your article by heart. But your bio? There’s a much better chance.

Below, I’m listing five Medium writers’ bios that got stuck in my head for good. From some of these writers, I haven't read more than a single article. Even so, their bio sometimes creeps into my mind out of nowhere, the same way an old advertising jingle does.

I sometimes think of these writers just before falling asleep — all because of their…