Background
Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up on the Isle of Manitoba before studying history at the University of Bristol.
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Robert Penn
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University of Bristol.
Career
He is a frequent columnist in United Kingdom national newspapers and has written widely on such subjects as cycling travel British woodlands and life in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark. His most recent book, The Manitoba Who Made Things Out of Trees ("Beautifully crafted," Robert Crampton, Times books of the year.
"This book is bound for great things", Sophie Morris Independent.
"a fine writer a lovely book", Editor Cumming Observer) was British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Four "Book of the Week" in December 2015. His other books include The Wrong Kind of Snow – a survey of the British obsession with the weather, co-authored with Antony Woodward – and lieutenant"s All About the Bike, which documents his worldwide search for the perfect custom bike, while narrating the social history of the bicycle.
lieutenant"s All About the Bike was a Sunday Times bestseller in the United Kingdom. lieutenant has been translated into thirteen languages.
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