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Bill Bryson
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For his father, a sports journalist, see Bill Bryson Sr. For the politician, see Bill Bryson (Australian politician).
William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, (born 8 December 1951) is a best-selling Americanauthor of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects.
He was a resident of North Yorkshire, England for most of his professional life before moving back to the US in 1995. He has lived in Norfolk, England since 2003.
Life
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of William and Mary Bryson.
He has an older brother, Michael, and a sister, Mary Elizabeth.
Bryson was educated at Drake University but dropped out in 1972, deciding to backpack around Europe for four months. He returned to Europe the following year with his high-school friend, the pseudonymous Stephen Katz.
Some of his experiences from this trip a