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Bill Bryson

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Author of humorous books on travel as well as learned and no less humorous books on the English language. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He lived in England for most of the 1970s and 1980s, mainly working as a journalist, he became chief copy editor of the business section of The Times and then deputy national news editor of the business section of The Independent. He left journalism in 1987.

Books include:

  • Lost Continent (travels in the USA)
  • Neither Here nor There (travels in Contential Europe)
  • Notes from a Small Island (travels in the UK)
  • A Walk in the Woods (Appalachian Trail)
  • A Sunburned Country (travels in Australia)
  • I Am A Stranger Here Myself (columns about moving back to the USA)
  • Mother Tongue (about the English language)
  • Made in America (about American English)
  • Troublesome words (English language usage guide for writers)

Official website http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/home.html

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