bi·og·ra·phy
n : an account of the series of events making up a person's life [syn: life, life story, life history]
[Late Greek biographi : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -graphi, -graphy.]
1. An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another:
2. Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
3. The writing, composition, or production of biographies: a career entirely devoted to biography.