In December 2006, Bill Bryson was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contribution to literature.
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The City of Des Moines announces "The Thunderbolt Kid" Day and gives Bill Bryson a key to the city. Click here to download the official proclamation.

Watch the animated excerpt for
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Bill Bryson is back with a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the country in the all-American 1950s. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, on-sale October 17, 2006.

Bill Bryson wins the Descartes prize for his guide to science. To read The Guardian article click here.

On sale now — the new special illustrated edition of the New York Times bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything.

  

New in paperback September 14, 2004, Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything and Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words.

Congratulations to Bill Bryson on winning the Aventis Science Book Prize for A Short History of Nearly Everything. To read The Guardian article click here.