Does author bio links get counted?

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Author's bio link does work. But the site has to be high in authority in order to pass effective link juice.

I agree with you.

Both can work great. And both can do wonders. But high authority sites can give much more from author's bio links than any other. A small blog publishing a post with author's bio link may not pass much link juice. But a text link with relevant anchor text can pass much more.