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'''Bill Bryson''' is an author of travel books, most of them written from a humorous point of view. He was born in 1951 and grew up in [[Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], where he lived with his parents and brother and sister. He traveled to [[England]] in 1973, where he met his future wife, they married and had 4 children. While Bryson lived in England he wrote travel articles for English newspapers ''The Times'' and ''The Independent''. In 1995 he and his family moved to [[New Hampshire]] where they lived until returning to England in 2003.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/author/3633/bill-bryson Random House: ''About Bill Bryson'']</ref>