Author website template

Start from an author website template like this one - it already has Home, Works, Bio, In the Press, News & Events, and Contact pages built in, so you're adding your own books, bio, and press features instead of designing pages from scratch. B12's AI drafts the whole site from a short description of your writing, and you customize the rest in the browser.

A works catalog with covers, descriptions, and buy links to major booksellers, an in-depth bio that names your influences and background, press features and reviews (published quotes carry the most weight), upcoming readings or tour dates, and a contact form for media, speaking, and licensing inquiries. Leave the personal blog to Substack or Instagram - the author site's job is to convert curious readers into buyers and press inquiries.

The Works section links each title out to major booksellers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, your publisher's page) rather than trying to run a bookstore from your site. Update covers, publication dates, and buy links in the visual editor as new titles launch - authors reposition around release cycles, and the newest book should always sit at the top of the Works catalog.

Yes - the website is the one place you fully control, on your own domain, where press editors and event organizers can find your bio, catalog, and contact in one place. Social feeds hide older posts behind algorithms; your site keeps the full record accessible. Bookseller pages sell copies; your site closes press features, speaking engagements, and rights inquiries that social platforms can't.

Built for literary fiction and poetry authors where the pitch is craft and body of work. For a freelance copywriter or content writer with a clip-forward portfolio for brand and marketing work, see our copywriter portfolio prompt. Our designers can refine the typography and vintage-object photography for higher-profile authors where the site itself is part of the author brand.