Definitive biography, however, is based on all the well- known facts about the individual. Books in this category are well documented, scholarly works. More mature young adults enjoy these. In the interpretive biography and autobiography the writer attempts to explain why a person behaved in a certain way because of patterns developing in their lives. Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice is an example.
Fictional works can also offer glimples into authors' lives.
As Herself gives humorous glimples of her life. Gary Paulson's The Cookcamp and Woodsong will be of interest to less advanced readers. In the objective biography there is no attempt to interpret, criticize, or judge. Documented facts about the subject's life are related in chronological order. Some examples are James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small .