Author

Books by Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is an American author raised in Iowa and long resident in Britain, best known for writing popular science and travel with wit and meticulous research. His previous books include A Short History of Nearly Everything, In a Sunburned Country, and A Walk in the Woods. The Body follows the approach he perfected in A Short History: synthesizing scientific and historical material for general readers without oversimplifying it. He was chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.