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Bill Bryson’s books ponder a wide range of subjects from travel to language and are peppered with wry remarks and keen insights. Born and raised in the United States, Bryson moved to the United Kingdom when he was a young man and started his career as a journalist and travel writer there. In a string of hilarious bestsellers, he has chronicled his misadventures across England, Europe, Australia, and North America. His first book, The Lost Continent, narrated a journey in his mother’s Chevy through small-town America. A Short History of Nearly Everything won the prestigious Aventis Prize for best general science book in 2004. Bryson’s 2006 memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, chronicled his childhood in Iowa. Some of Bryson’s other books include A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, and Walk About. In his latest book, At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bryson details the history of household rooms and everyday objects with the wonderfully droll musings and pitch-perfect observations that are his hallmark.
Veteran interviewer Roy Eisenhardt practiced law for twelve years in San Francisco and taught at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. Eisenhardt currently serves as acting president of the San Francisco Art Insitute. He was President of the Oakland Athletics and served as the Executive Director for the California Academy of Sciences. Some of his numerous interviews for City Arts & Lectures include Stephen King, Gene Wilder, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Desmond Tutu, and David Remnick.
