1. Bruce Coville
By Kayla Lappino

2. Bio
● Born in Syracuse, New York, on May 16, 1950
● Married Katherine Dietz at age 19.
● three children:
○ A son, Orion, born in 1970
○ A daughter, Cara, born in 1975
○ A son, Adam, born in 1981

3. “The first time I can remember thinking that I would
like to be a writer came in sixth grade,
when our teacher, Mrs. Crandall, gave us an
extended period of time to write a long story.
I loved doing it. I started working seriously at
becoming a writer when I was seventeen.”
The Official Bruce Coville Website. Web. 2016 http://www.brucecoville.com/bio.asp

4. Bio
● toymaker
● gravedigger
● cookware salesman
● assembly line worker
● an elementary teacher with second and fourth graders.

5. Favorite Childhood books
● Mary Poppins
● Dr. Dolittle
● Voyages of Dr. Doolittle
● Nancy Drew
● The Hardy Boys
● Tom Swift
● and comic books

6. Bibliography
http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp

7. Awards
● Coville was the 23rd recipient of the "Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young
People"
● Always October 2016 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
● Diary of a Mad Brownie 2015 Audio File -- Starred Review (*) 2015 Booklist -- Starred
Review (*)
● Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher 1994 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6
(Winner) 1994 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Readers (Winner) 1995 Colorado
Children's Book Award -- Junior Novel (Winner)
● Song of the Wanderer 2008 Audiofile Magazine the Earphones Award
● The Mischief Monster 2008 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award -- Transitional
Fiction (Honor Book)
● The Monster's Ring 1984 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
-- Children's (Winner)
● The Monsters of Morley Manor 2004 Sasquatch Award -- Children/Young Adult (Winner)
● My Teacher Fried My Brains 1996 North Carolina Children's Book Award -- Junior Book
(Winner)
● My Teacher is an Alien 1991 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Intermediate (Winner)
1993 Nutmeg Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Winner) 1995 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction
(Winner)
● The Prince of Butterflies 2008 Giverny Award -- Science Picture Book (Winner)

8. Young Adult Novels
http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?gid=10

9. The Unicorn Chronicles
http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?gid=9

10. Magic Shop Books
http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?gid=7

11. Full Cast Audio
● five years that he partnered with Listening Library “Bruce Coville's WORDS
TAKE WING Fantasy Audio”
● Listening Library's sale to Random House
● 618 Westcott St, Syracuse, NY 13210
● “Full Cast Audio (FCA) has a simple mandate: to produce unabridged
recordings of fine children's novels using a full cast rather than a single
reader. Whenever possible, we invite the author to serve as narrator. Our
recordings are always unabridged—the only things deleted from the text are
those attributives ("he said", "she growled", etc.) made unnecessary by
having a full complement of actors. “
Full Cast Audio. Web 2016. http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=about

12. Site Features
Catalog
http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=37
Reviews
http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=reviews
Refunds and Returns Procedures
http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=returns
Authors
http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=links

13. The Last Hunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_J7Nb-jpuM

14. Questions
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15. Citations
FictionDB. Web. 2016.
http://www.fictiondb.com/author/bruce-coville~book-awards~29759.htm
The Official Bruce Coville Website. Web. 2016
http://www.brucecoville.com/bio.asp
http://www.brucecoville.com/
http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp
Full Cast Audio. Web 2016.
http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=about