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I have been trying to add my biography to a .tex file with \documentclass{article}. Is there a way to do that? Should I use a package for that?

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\title{Introduction to \LaTeX{}} \author{Author's Name}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract} The abstract text goes here. \end{abstract}

\section{Introduction} Here is the introduction.

\subsection{Subsection Heading Here} Write your subsection text here.

\section{Conclusion} Write your conclusion here.

\end{document}

\begin{biography} Author 1 Bio \end{biography}

\begin{biography} Author 2 Bio \end{biography}
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  • You can manually enter your bibliography, but a more powerful and flexible option is to use a bibtex database. I'd recommend using biblatex. See ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
    – Nigel
    Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 12:17
  • @penguinpreferred, biography \neq bibliography. I believe the OP is asking about adding a "biographical sketch" of sorts. Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 12:19
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    Depending on what you want the biography to look like, it should be pretty straight forward using a tabular or a description list. Can you give a hint on the expected output?
    – Johannes_B
    Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 12:31
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! Anything after \end{document} will be ignored. In many case just using a standard flushleft or flushright enviornment, perhaps with a small font size, will be sufficient. Some documentclasses provide specific environments for biographies, but there is not one in article Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 12:37
  • @Johannes_B, I am expecting to see Biographies of the authors at the end of the article. This is the second document I prepared by using LaTex, therefore I am not familiar to some things in LaTex. Thank you..
    – HByrm
    Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 13:01

4 Answers 4

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You can use wrapfig package. The following is a minimum working example.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

  \begin{wrapfigure}{l}{25mm} 
    \includegraphics[width=1in,height=1.25in,clip,keepaspectratio]{example-image}
  \end{wrapfigure}\par
  \textbf{Author A} is a well-known author in the field of the journal scope. His/Her research interests include interest 1, interest 2.\par
\end{document}

enter image description here

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Another possibility might be to use the description environment:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\title{Introduction to \LaTeX{}} \author{Author's Name}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract} The abstract text goes here. \end{abstract}

\section{Introduction} Here is the introduction.

\subsection{Subsection Heading Here} Write your subsection text here.

\section{Conclusion} Write your conclusion here.

\section*{Authors}

\begin{description}
    \item[Santa Claus] is a world-renowned expert on the psychology of giving and author of \emph{How to Raise Your Reindeer}.
    \item[The Tooth Fairy] has published widely on the commodification of children's body parts and the commercialisation of human imaginative capacities.
\end{description}
\end{document}

descriptive biographies

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This is just one way; I have seen it done many different ways.

The \subsection*{} commands could be commented out if you prefer that look better.

\documentclass{article}
\title{Introduction to \LaTeX{}} 
\author{Author's Name}

\begin{document}    
\maketitle

\begin{abstract} 
  The abstract text goes here. 
\end{abstract}

\section{Introduction} 
Here is the introduction.

\subsection{Subsection Heading Here} 
Write your subsection text here.

\section{Conclusion} 
Write your conclusion here.

\section*{Authors' Biographies}
\subsection*{Author One}
\textbf{Author One} is an extraordinary researcher powered by caffeine and Red Bull.
He has written several incredible articles that will change your life forever.

\subsection*{Author Two}
\textbf{Author Two} is the Chief Duck Researcher at the National Wildlife Federation.
He has contributed to extensive research studying the migration patterns of duck 
species all over the globe.

\end{document}

enter image description here

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Following from sisay, if you want to include a picture, then use picins and the following:

\section*{Author biographies}
\parpic{\includegraphics[width=1in,clip,keepaspectratio]{headshot.jpg}}
\noindent {\bf Author Name} is the most famous author in her field. 
She is particularly interested in X and Y, and also dabbles in Z.

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