-we have captured your Bill Bryson and we are not letting him back -not even for say FIVE dollars ransom!! 
Ps we love the guy really!
Okay, keep him. Just make sure he has a word processor or lots of pens and pencils. You didn’t say what small country you’re holding him in. Do you have a good research library?
He’s safe and well in the UK Emily -we think of him as a ‘gained’ national treasure --currently he’s trying to clean up our countryside -a thankless task if ever there was!
I didn’t know he’d moved back. I guess he’s returned to his beloved Yorkshire Dales?
I wonder how Dale and Dale felt about that.