Bruce Coville
Author of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
About the Author
Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, on May 16, 1950. He spent one year at Duke University in North Carolina. Coville started working seriously at becoming a writer when he was seventeen. He was not able to start selling stories right away, so he had many other jobs, including toymaker, show more gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, Coville became an elementary teacher, and worked with second and fourth graders. Coville married Katherine Dietz an artist, and they began trying to create books together. It wasn't until 1977 that they finally sold their first book, The Foolish Giant. They joined together on two other books after that, Sarah's Unicorn and The Monster's Ring, and followed them with Goblins in the Castle, Aliens Ate My Homework, and The World's Worst Fairy Godmother. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Bruce Coville wrote a couple of books in the Planet Builders series, under the pseudonym Robyn Tallis (which was used by other authors in the rest of the series).
Image credit: With permission from Bruce Coville.
Series
Works by Bruce Coville
The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988) — Editor, Contributor; Contributor — 257 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps (1993) — Editor, Contributor — 248 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream (1995) — Editor, Contributor — 201 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers: Tales to Make You Shiver (1996) — Author/Compiler/Editor — 116 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1996) — Editor, Contributor — 112 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps (1996) — Editor, Contributor — 111 copies
Thor's Wedding Day: By Thialfi, the Goat Boy, as Told to and Translated by Bruce Coville (2005) 90 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind (1996) — Editor, Contributor — 64 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers II: More Tales to Make You Shiver (1997) — Editor, Contributor — 48 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Magic II: More Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1997) — Editor, Contributor — 43 copies
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares II: More Tales to Make You Scream (1997) — Editor, Contributor — 43 copies
Homeward Bound [short story] 10 copies
The Guardian of Memory 4 copies
Unicorn Chronicles Collection: Into the Land of the Unicorns, Song of the Wanderer, Dark Whispers, The Last Hunt (2016) 3 copies
Camp Haunted Hills 2 copies
Bruce Coville's Box of Thrills and Chills: Book of Aliens, Book of Ghosts, Book of Monsters & Book of Nightmares (1996) 2 copies
After The Third Kiss 2 copies
Ragged John 1 copy
Pharoah's Daughter 1 copy
Lore of the Unicorn 1 copy
Associated Works
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (2003) — Contributor — 221 copies
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1991) — Contributor — 166 copies
Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories (1986) — Contributor — 42 copies
Spaceships and Spells: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science-fiction Stories (1987) — Contributor — 25 copies
MidAmeriCon II Souvenir Book — Contributor — 1 copy
Locus, July 2011 (606) — Contributor — 1 copy
Discussions
Name That Book: Children's Scary Story about Moon in Name that Book (May 2017)
YA short story, boy does hw, nice & evil numbers in Name that Book (October 2015)
Magic:Witch and Unciorn: Can remember the girl's name in Name that Book (August 2012)
Reviews
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1990s (4)
Girl Detectives (3)
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Ghosts (3)
My Wishlist - YA (2)
Summer Books (1)
LGBTQIA Horror (1)
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Statistics
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- 185
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