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Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 8, 1951. In 1973, he went backpacking in England, where he eventually decided to settle. He wrote for the English newspapers The Times and The Independent, as well as supplementing his income by writing travel articles. He moved back to the näytä lisää United States in 1995. His first travel book, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, was published in 1989. His other books include I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, Made in America, The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson's African Diary, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Walk About, and Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, the Genius of the Royal Society. A Walk in the Woods was adapted into a movie starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. Bryson's titles, The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain, Notes from a Small Island and Neither Here Nor There made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Bill Bryson in 2018
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away (1998) 7,296 kappaletta
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1994) 4,252 kappaletta
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010) — Toimittaja — 1,019 kappaletta
Notes from a Small Island / Neither Here Nor There / I'm a Stranger Here Myself (2006) 51 kappaletta
RDSELP v103 A Walk in the Woods / Cloud Nine (Reader's Digest Select Editions) (1999) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Una breve historia de casi todo Vol. 1 3 kappaletta
Bryson Bill 2 kappaletta
Essence of Provence {article} 1 kappale
Bill Bryson 7 Book Set (No Box): I'm a Stranger Here Myself, The Lost Continent, A Walk in the Woods, Made in… (2000) 1 kappale
Britain's Hedgerows {article} 1 kappale
The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection: Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More 1 kappale
Bill Bryson Series Collection: Troublesome Words, Mother Tongue: the Story of the English Language, Icons of England,… (2011) 1 kappale
The New World of Spain {article} 1 kappale
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Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Avustaja — 233 kappaletta
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (1998) — Avustaja — 210 kappaletta
The Road Less Travelled: Foreword by Bill Bryson (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Compact (2011) (2009) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 132 kappaletta
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline) (1999) — Avustaja — 58 kappaletta
Licensed to Sell: The History and Heritage of the Public House (2004) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 17 kappaletta
New York City reisverhalen 6 kappaletta
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- Virallinen nimi
- Bryson, William McGuire
- Syntymäaika
- 1951-12-08
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- VS
- Syntymäpaikka
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Des Moines, Iowa, VS
- Koulutus
- Drake University
- Ammatit
- journalist
travel writer
non-fiction author - Suhteet
- Bryson, Michael G. (brother)
Bryson, Bill, Sr. (father) - Organisaatiot
- Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Chancellor of Durham University (2005)
Order of the British Empire (2006)
Golden Eagle Award (2007)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2013) - Agentti
- Jed Mattes
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. A backpacking expedition in 1973 brought him to England where he met his wife and decided to settle. He wrote for the English newspapers The Times and The Independent for many years, writing travel articles to supplement his income. He lived with his family in North Yorkshire before moving back to the States in 1995, to Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and four children. In 2003 he and his family moved back to England, where they currently reside.
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