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Bill Bryson
William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, FRS (; born December 8, 1951) is a best-selling Anglo-American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and science. Born in the United States, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before returning to America in 1995. In 2003 Bryson and his wife and four children moved back to Britain, living in the old rectory of Wramplingham, Norfolk. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.〔(Bill Bryson Profile ) at Durham University〕
Bryson came to prominence in the United Kingdom with the publication of ''Notes from a Small Island'' (1995), an exploration of Britain, and its accompanying television series. He received widespread recognition again with the publication of ''A Short History of Nearly Everything'' (2003), a book widely acclaimed for its accessible communication of science.
== Early life ==
Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Agnes Mary (née McGuire) and sports journalist Bill Bryson, Sr. ("''I come from Des Moines, Iowa. Somebody had to.''" — Bill Bryson, "''The Lost Continent''"). His mother was of Irish descent.〔The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, p121.〕 He had an older brother, Michael (1942–2012), and a sister, Mary Jane Elizabeth. In 2006 Bryson published ''The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'', a humorous account of his childhood years in Des Moines.
Bryson attended Drake University for two years before dropping out in 1972, deciding instead to backpack around Europe for four months. He returned to Europe the following year with a high-school friend, the pseudonymous Stephen Katz. Some of his experiences from this trip were relived as flashbacks in ''Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe'', which documents a similar journey Bryson made twenty years later.
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