Who is Bill Bryson?
G’day The Troll, Thanks for your question. Bill Bryson is an American author best known for his travel books. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Wikipedia Bill Bryson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bryson Bill Bryson http://www.booksattransworld.co.
Bill Bryson is a noted American author and columnist, best known for his travel memoirs. Raised in Iowa and having spent much of his adult life in England, Bryson possesses a unique perspective on both American and global culture. In addition to his books based on his travels, he has written extensively on language and the history of science. The son of a journalist father and an accomplished mother, Bill Bryson grew up in Des Moines Iowa in the 1950s and 1960s, a period he chronicles in his 2006 book The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. He moved to England in 1973, after several months traveling throughout Europe concluded with getting a job at a mental hospital in Surrey. After meeting and marrying his British wife, Bryson lived in England for more than 20 years, before returning to America with his family in the 1990s. Eventually, the family returned to the United Kingdom, where Bill Bryson continues to write as well as serving as Chancellor to Durham University and as Preside
The funniest traveller alive The Times (UK) Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh. Daily Telegraph Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to take offence. The Wall Street Journal Bill Bryson’s many books include, most recently, In a Sunburned Country, as well as I’m a Stranger Here Myself, A Walk in the Woods, The Lost Continent, Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, and Mother Tongue. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951, he lived in England for almost two decades. He now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and four children. To have your say, e-mail us at breakfasttv@bbc.co.uk Send us your comments: Name: Your E-mail Address: Town/City: Commenting on: Comments: // function checks each character to see if a field contains only spaces function containsOnlySpaces(fieldValue) { var emailSubject = document.you
