Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is an American-British journalist and author born in Des Moines, Iowa, who has written bestselling nonfiction books on travel, the English language, and science. After dropping out of Drake University in 1972, he moved to Britain in 1973, where he worked as a journalist before transitioning to full-time writing in the late 1980s. He has sold over 16 million books worldwide and served as chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.