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Bill Bryson, author portrait
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Bill Bryson

BILL BRYSON's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.
The Body
The Road to Little Dribbling
One Summer
At Home
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Walk in the Woods
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson's African Diary

Books

The Body
The Road to Little Dribbling
One Summer
At Home
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Walk in the Woods
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson's African Diary