William McGuire Bryson, coñecido como Bill Bryson, nado o 8 de decembro de 1951, é un escritor británico-estadounidense autor de libros sobre viaxes, sobre a lingua inglesa e de divulgación científica. Viviu a maior parte da súa vida adulta no Reino Unido, malia ter nado en Norteamérica. En 2011 residía en North Yorkshire (Inglaterra).
Obra Narrativa de viaxes The Palace Under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries (1985) The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989) Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1991) Notes from a Small Island (1995). (Adapted for television by Carlton Television in 1998) A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998) (Featuring Stephen Katz) Notes from a Big Country (UK) / I'm a Stranger Here Myself (EUA) (1999) Down Under (UK) / In a Sunburned Country (EUA) (2000) Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002) Walk About (2002) (Combinados nun volume atópanse Down Under e A Walk in the Woods)
Lingua The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984) The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way (1990) (Adapted for Journeys in English (2004) BBC Radio 4) Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1998) Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (2002) Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008)
Ciencia A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2008) On the Shoulders of Giants (editor - 2009) Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (editor - 2010)
Biografías Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007)
Historia At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010)
Memorias The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006)
Véxase tamén Ligazóns externas Páxina web oficial do autor
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