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American writer
Bill Bryson is an American-British journalist and author who has written numerous nonfiction books on topics like travel, language, and science. He has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life and has served as the chancellor of Durham University. Bryson is known for his best-selling books like ‘Notes from a Small Island’ and ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’, and has sold over 16 million books worldwide.
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About the Bill Bryson
William McGuire Brysonis an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
In 1995, while in the United Kingdom, Bryson authored Notes from a Small Island, an exploration of Britain. In 2003, he authored A Short History of Nearly Everything. In October 2020, he announced that he had retired from writing books. In 2022, he recorded an audiobook for Audible, The Secret History of Christmas. He has sold over 16 million books worldwide.
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Bill Bryson is an American-British author, holding dual American and British citizenship.
Bill Bryson has written nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science.
Bill Bryson has sold over 16 million books worldwide.
Bill Bryson served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
In 2022, Bill Bryson recorded an audiobook for Audible titled ‘The Secret History of Christmas’.
Bill Bryson’s best-selling book is ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’, published in 2003.
In October 2020, Bill Bryson announced that he had retired from writing books.
12 Quotes by Bill Bryson
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The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don’t actually know what we actually know.
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When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
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I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.
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More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.
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The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world’s population.
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I don’t plan to write another science book, but I don’t plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are generally dull and trying to make them interesting.
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My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can’t make your children carry.
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There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.
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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted – stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.
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I have long known that it is part of God’s plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
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Boston’s freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.
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There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again.
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