William "Bill" Bryson is an American author of best-selling books. He was born on December 8, 1951 in the USA, but he has been a resident of Britain for more than 20 years. Bryson's books on travel, science or the English language are charaterized by outstanding humor, and he also wrote a biography of William Shakespeare. He wrote two books on the history of English language and has a special guide to English usage as well (Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words) where "he catalogues some of the most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate current usage".

Several books by Bill Bryson are available in the web shop of Hungaropress in English or German.