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Bruce Coville, writes for kids who love reading

At the end of sixth grade, Bruce Coville found out what creative writing was all about. “I failed at writing all year long because I always had to write the teacher’s stuff, until the end of the year when she assigned us to write a story and gave us three or four weeks to finish it. . .It was an exhilarating experience.” Time and freedom of choice made all the difference to Coville. “I loved what I was doing. This may not be the first time I knew I wanted to write, but it’s the time I remember.”

He first considered writing for children in the mid-1970’s when he received a copy of Winnie the Pooh as a gift. “I suddenly knew what I really wanted to write was children’s books—to give other children the joy I got from books when I was young. . .My writing works best when I remember [that] bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him. It falters when I forget him.”

Coville’s The Foolish Giant (Lippincott) made its debut in 1978, illustrated by his wife Katherine. He enjoyed modest success with his next several book

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Bruce Coville

Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1)

4.08 avg rating — 18,895 ratings — published 1994 — 37 editions

William Shakespeare's: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Retellings, #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 14,312 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions

Song of the Wanderer (The Unicorn Chronicles, #2)

4.13 avg rating — 11,052 ratings — published 1999 — 30 editions

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)

4.05 avg rating — 8,636 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions

My Teacher Is an Alien (My Teacher Is an Alien, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 8,862 ratings — published 1989 — 44 editions

Dark Whispers (The Unicorn Chronicles, #3)

4.17 avg rating — 3,389 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions

My Teacher Glows in the Dark (My Teacher Is an Alien, #3)

3.82 avg rating — 3,156 ratings — published 1991 — 31 editions

The Monster's Ring
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3.78 avg rating — 3,128 ra

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Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time as a child, dodging cows and chores to the best of his ability. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, and still has fond memories of rising ahead of the rest of his family so he could huddle in a chair and read THE VOYAGES OF DR. DOLITTLE. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. (A mind is a terrible thing to waste!) His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CAST