Bill Bryson′s many books include‚ most recently ‘In a Sunburned Country’‚ as well as ‘I′m a Stranger Here Myself’‚ ‘A walk in the Woods’‚ ‘Neither Here Nor There’‚ ‘Made in America’‚ and ‘Notes from a Small Island’. He edited ‘The Best American Travel Writing 2000’. Born in Des Moines‚ Iowa‚ he lived in England for almost two decades. He now lives in Hanover‚ New Hampshire‚ with his wife and four children.