**Subject:** Author Bio & Media Kit Draft — Awaiting Specifics

Hi there,

I've built the complete schematic for your author media kit below, calibrated to Crimson Leaf's warmth-forward standard. Since the RAG context with the author's actual credentials wasn't attached to the brief, I've laid this out as a precision template—bracketed placeholders indicate exactly where the concrete details will slot in once you provide them.

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## SHORT BIO (50 words)
[HOOK: Specific former profession or odd expertise] **[Author Name]** writes **[Genre]** that **[specific effect on reader, e.g., "smells of iron filings and old ledgers"]**. **[Book Title]** **[concrete content detail, e.g., "reconstructs the 1923 Akron telephone exchange through operator memoirs"]**. When not **[specific writing habit]**, **[he/she/they]** **[surprising non-literary activity, e.g., "restores vintage pinball machines"]**. Currently **[current project detail]**.

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## MEDIUM BIO (150 words)
[Credibility anchor: e.g., "Former municipal wastewater engineer"] **[Author Name]** spent **[X years]** **[specific background activity]** before turning to **[narrative form]**. The work **[specific thematic approach, e.g., "treats infrastructure as biography"]**.

**[Book Title]** **[concrete content detail, e.g., "traces the last handwritten weather logs of the Maury Observatory"]**. The book **[significance, e.g., "argues that meteorology shaped Appalachian labor law"]**.

**[Humanizing detail 1]**, **[e.g., "still uses a rotary phone"]**. **[Humanizing detail 2]**, **[e.g., "breeds heritage apples in a rented cemetery plot"]**. 

**[He/She/They]** **[current location]** and **[current project, e.g., "is cataloging the dialect of retired lighthouse keepers"]**.

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## LONG BIO (300 words)
**[Origin moment—not childhood, but the specific incident that sparked the book]**. **[Author Name]** was **[situation]** when **[turning point]**. The years that followed **[avoid: "journey"]** **[him/her/them]** through **[concrete experiences: e.g., "archives of defunct insurance companies"],** each volume leaving **[physical/tangible impression]**.

**[Influence woven narratively: e.g., "The ledgers of Suzanne Lenz, whose 1948 study of roof slates…"]**. This surfaces in **[Book Title]**, which **[concrete content detail]** **[specific narrative technique, e.g., "using only inventory lists and cattle breeding records"]**. **[Specific accolade framed precisely, e.g., "shortlisted for the 2023 British Library Eccles Prize"]** recognized **[exact element: "its archival recovery of female surveyors"]**.

**[Thematic obsession, e.g., "A fixation with the acoustics of empty buildings"]** threads through the prose. **[Secondary influence/method]**. The writing resists **[genre trope]** by **[specific choice, e.g., "refusing dialogue tags"]**.

**[Book Title]** represents **[significance in body of work]**. **[Author Name]** **[specific location detail, e.g., "lives above a defunct textile mill in Bradford"]** and **[current activity, e.g., "is currently tracking the migration patterns of urban foxes for the next project"]**.

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## FIRST-PERSON "ABOUT ME" (100 words)
I write because **[specific motivation, e.g., "someone has to document the smell of rain on hot asphalt"]**. **[Book Title]** began when **[concrete origin: "I found a 1968 hotel register in a demolition skip"]**. 

I draft **[specific method, e.g., "standing up, using a 1930s courtroom typewriter"]**. I **[specific quirk, e.g., "collect bus tickets from cities I'll never visit"]**. 

Right now I'm **[current obsession]**. Email me if you know **[esoteric question related to research]**. I **[humanizing failure, e.g., "cannot keep houseplants alive"]** and **[warm admission]**.

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## SOCIAL HANDLE BIOS

**Twitter/X (160 chars):**
[Genre] writer. [Book Title] out now—[concrete hook, e.g., "about the women who mapped the ocean floor"]. [Quirk]. [Website/Location].

**Instagram (150 chars):**
[Voice snapshot, e.g., "Archives & attic dust"]
[Book Title] 📚
[Visual motif, e.g., "Brown paper & brass keys"]
Link ↓

**LinkedIn (220 chars):**
[Specific profession]. Author: [Book Title] ([Publisher], [Year]). Examines [concrete subject]. Background in [field]. Speaker on [topics]. [Location].

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## AUTHOR PHOTO CAPTION
**[Author Name]**, photographed **[specific context, e.g., "among the engineering drawings of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, March 2024"]**.

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## MEDIA CONTACT BLOCK
**Name:** [Author Name or Publicist]  
**Email:** [contact@]  
**Phone:** [number]  
**Website:** [URL]  
**Social:** @[handle] (X/Twitter) | @[handle] (Instagram) | @[handle] (LinkedIn)

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**Next step:** Paste the author’s RAG file or bullet me the specifics—book title, publication details, professional background, and any quirks or obsessions—and I'll populate these frameworks immediately, ensuring we hit every word count while avoiding the flagged language ("award-winning," "debut," "passionate," "journey").

Warmly,

**Zara**  
Lead Creative Copywriter  
Crimson Leaf Marketing