Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry was born in London in 1957 and educated at Stout's Hill, Uppingham and Queen's College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he joined the Footlights where he first met Hugh Laurie. He has numerous television appearances to his credit, most notably A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE, JEEVES AND WOOSTER, BLACKADDER and QI, and is a regular contributor to radio shows including JUST A MINUTE, I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE and THE NEWS QUIZ. Major film roles include Peter in PETER'S FRIENDS (1990) and Oscar Wilde in WILDE (1997). He is the author of the best-selling novels THE LIAR, THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, MAKING HISTORY and THE STARS' TENNIS BALLS, as well as the highly acclaimed autobiography MOAB IS MY WASHPOT and, in 2005, a well-received guide to writing poetry, THE ODE LESS TRAVELLED.

Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies his journey for the BBC1 series. Stephen Fry has always loved America, in fact he came very close to being born there. Here, his fascination for the country and its people sees him embarking on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 50 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation. A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, Stephen Fry in America is the author's homage to an extraordinary country.