Bill Bryson
American-British nonfiction author
Bill Bryson is a bestselling American-British author who writes about travel, science and language. His books include Notes from a Small Island and A Walk in the Woods.
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American Born 1951 in Des Moines, United States
About Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He moved to Britain in his twenties and spent most of his adult life there, and he became a British citizen in 2014. He worked as a journalist before turning to writing full-time, and he served as chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011. Bryson wrote Notes from a Small Island, an exploration of Britain, in 1995. A Short History of Nearly Everything followed in 2003 and earned both the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize. He is also the author of The Mother Tongue. He retired from writing books in October 2020 and has sold over 16 million copies worldwide.