Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Enraptured with reading novels at a young age, Coville was first published in 1977 and has over 100 books in his repertoire.
I know what I'm going to write for the next three years. It's frustrating, because if I get a good new idea, I have to put it aside.
My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.
Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work.
I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
When I was a kid, I read books that made me laugh but also made me shiver in terror. I wanted to make books that made other people feel the same way.