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Bill Bryson Biography

Early Years Born in Iowa in 1951 Moved to England in 1977 Married an English woman & has four children Moved between America and England; settled in England

Author UK’s biggest selling non-fiction author 1st travel book: The Lost Continent – a funny account of a trip in his mother’s Chevy around small-town America Many books followed… including an award winning book about modern England. A Short History of Nearly Everything won several awards and became an international bestseller.

Honors For the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society, Bryson edited Seeing Further, a history of the Royal Society. Bryson has been Chancellor of Durham University since 2005 Was awarded an honorary Order of the British Empire for services to literature President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England