Bill Bryson, author portrait
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Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson’s bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country, Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words, and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His acclaimed work of popular science A Short History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize and is the bestselling nonfiction book of the twenty-first century. Bill Bryson was a chancellor of Durham University, is an honorary fellow of the Royal Society, and lives in England.
The Body
One Summer
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bill Bryson's African Diary
A Walk in the Woods

Books

The Body
One Summer
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bill Bryson's African Diary
A Walk in the Woods

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