Margery Kempe
Samuel Johnson life story was considered to be the first biography in English.
The person you are referring to is likely Saint Margaret, whose life story was written by Osbern Bokenham in the 15th century. Bokenham's work is considered one of the earliest biographies written in English.
Margery Kempe
Non-fiction. A biography is a story about a person's life.
biography
A story told in the first person means the main subject of the story, or in some cases the narrator, is telling the story. For example, if the story says, I went to the store and I bought something. that is considered telling the story in the first person. YOU (whomever "you" may be) are the person explaining what's happening. Make sense? A story in the first person may be true, or it may be fiction, and the writer is just pretending to be a real person, however, the story is a novel and not real. It just depends.
William Collins (Wilkie Collins) - 1824-1889 - is credited by many to have created the mystery story in English novel form. The Moonstone (1868) is widely considered to be the first real detective story in English.
A biography is a true story about a person. An autobiography is the life story of the author.
The first English short story writer is often considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer, known for his collection of short tales in "The Canterbury Tales" written in the late 14th century. His works helped establish the foundation of English short fiction.
A biography is the story of someone's life.
A synonym for biography (a life story) is memoir.
William Carey is considered by many to be the father of the English epic. This was a style of story writing in England.