He was educated at Drake University but dropped out in 1972, deciding to instead backpack around Europe for four months. He has an older brother, Michael, and a sister, Mary Jane Elizabeth. In 2003 Bryson moved back to the UK, living in Norfolk, and was appointed Chancellor of Durham University.īill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of William and Mary Bryson. Born an American, he was a resident of North Yorkshire, UK, for most of his professional life before moving back to the US in 1995. William McGuire 'Bill' Bryson is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science. Currently-lives in Norfolk, England, UK.

Nothing is funnier than Bill Bryson on the road-prepare for the total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Two decades later, Bryson sets out again to rediscover that country, and the result is The Road to Little Dribbling. The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is uproarious and endlessly endearing, one of the most acute and affectionate portrayals of England in all its glorious eccentricity ever written. In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States. The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson’s valentine to his adopted country of England Nothing is funnier than Bill Bryson on the road-prepare for the total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain Two decades later, he set out again to rediscover that country, and the result is The Road to Little Dribbling.

The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is up The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson’s valentine to his adopted country of EnglandIn 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States.

The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson’s valentine to his adopted country of EnglandIn 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States.

Road to little dribbling