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William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, FRS was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and worked in journalism until he became a full time writer. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family then moved to New Hampshire in America for a few years, but they have now returned to live in the UK. In The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson's hilarious first travel book, he chronicled a trip in his mother's Chevy around small town America. It was followed by Neither Here Nor There, an account of his first trip around Europe. Other travel books include the massive bestseller Notes From a Small Island, which won the 2003 World Book Day National Poll to find the book which best represented modern England, followed by A Walk in the Woods (in which Stephen Katz, his travel companion from Neither Here Nor There, made a welcome reappearance), Notes From a Big Country and Down Under. Bill Bryson has also written several highly praised books on the English language, including Mother Tongue and Made in America. In his last book, he turned his attention to science. A Short History of Nearly Everything was lauded with critical acclaim, and became a huge bestseller. It was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, before going on to win the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. His next book, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, is a memoir of growing up in 1950s America, featuring another appearance from his old friend Stephen Katz. October 8 sees the publication of A Really Short History of Nearly Everything.
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Troublesome Words, Mother Tongue: the Story of the English Language, Icons of England, Made in America & at Home.
2025
Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
2023
2022
Diseases from The Body
2020
A Guide for Occupants
2019
2018
Biography and their Previous Life
2017
2016
More Notes From a Small Island
2015
2014
2013
America, 1927
2013
Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem - Eine kurze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge
2011
A Short History of Private Life
2010
A Short History of Nearly Everything, the Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, a Walk in the Woods
2010
350 Years of the Royal Society and Scientific Endeavour
2010
1,000 Amazing Places off the Tourist Trail
2009
2008
2008
The World as Stage
2007
Notes from a Small Island / Neither Here Nor There / I'm a Stranger Here Myself
2006
2006
2003
2.0
2003
2002
2002
The Complete Notes
2000
I'm a Stranger Here Myself, The Lost Continent, A Walk in the Woods, Made in America: An Informal History, Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Notes from a Small Island, and In A Sunburned Country
2000
2000
2000
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
1998
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1995
An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
1994
Travels in Europe
1991
English and How It Got That Way
1990
Travels in Small Town America
1989
1985
A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
1984
