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Bruce Coville

Bruce Coville is the author of nearly ninety books for young readers, including the international best-seller My Teacher Is an Alien. He has been a teacher, a toy maker, a cookware salesman, and a grave digger. In addition to his work as an author, Bruce is much in demand as a speaker and as a storyteller. He is also the founder and president of Full Cast Audio, a company dedicated to producing unabridged recordings of children's books in a full-cast format. For more information about Bruce, check out www.brucecoville.com.

The Naughty Nork is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 10, 2009
The Naughty Nork will be released on November 10, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Nov 10, 2009
News:
The Mischief Monster has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
News:
The Mischief Monster has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Naughty Nork
Feb 14, 2009
The Naughty Nork is now available in Hardcover
Dec 30, 2008
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Dec 30, 2008
The Naughty Nork will be released on December 30, 2008 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
The Mischief Monster will be released on August 05, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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The Mischief Monster is now available in Trade Paperback
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Aliens Stole My Body will be released on February 19, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Aliens Stole My Body is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Search for Snout will be released on September 11, 2007 in Trade Paperback
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I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X will be released on May 08, 2007 in Trade Paperback
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I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X is now available in Trade Paperback
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Aliens Ate My Homework will be released on May 08, 2007 in Trade Paperback
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Aliens Ate My Homework is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Evil Elves will be released on May 23, 2006 in Trade Paperback
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The Evil Elves is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Weeping Werewolf will be released on October 25, 2005 in Trade Paperback
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My Teacher Flunked the Planet will be released on June 21, 2005 in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2005
My Teacher Flunked the Planet is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2005
My Teacher Is an Alien will be released on June 21, 2005 in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2005
My Teacher Is an Alien is now available in Trade Paperback
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My Teacher Fried My Brains will be released on June 21, 2005 in Trade Paperback
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My Teacher Fried My Brains is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2005
My Teacher Glows in the Dark will be released on June 21, 2005 in Trade Paperback
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My Teacher Is an Alien will be released on June 21, 2005 in
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My Teacher Flunked the Planet will be released on June 21, 2005 in
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Jun 21, 2005
The Dragon of Doom will be released on January 25, 2005 in Trade Paperback
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The Dragon of Doom is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Evil Elves will be released on November 30, 2004 in Hardcover
Nov 30, 2004
The Evil Elves is now available in Hardcover
Nov 30, 2004
The Dragon of Doom will be released on December 02, 2003 in Hardcover
Dec 02, 2003
MONSTER'S RING will be released on September 01, 2003 in Trade Paperback
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MONSTER'S RING is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Dragonslayers will be released on July 01, 1994 in Trade Paperback
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The Dragonslayers is now available in Trade Paperback
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Goblins in the Castle will be released on October 01, 1992 in Trade Paperback
Oct 01, 1992
Goblins in the Castle is now available in Trade Paperback
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Space Brat will be released on August 01, 1992 in Trade Paperback
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News:
The Evil Elves has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
Excerpt:
Table of Contents from The Weeping Werewolf
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Text Excerpt 1 from My Teacher Is an Alien
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Table of Contents from The Naughty Nork
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Chapter 1 from Goblins in the Castle
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Chapter 1 from The Mischief Monster
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
The Dragon of Doom has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Table of Contents from The Dragon of Doom
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Text Excerpt 1 from Aliens Ate My Homework
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

Authors on the Web

Suite101.com, December 6, 2009
...fast-paced rhyming narrative and fantasy artist Gary Lippincott’s fairy pictures. Lippincott, whose work has been featured in Bruce Coville’s Magic Shop series, goes all out here by creating fairies of every shape, size, and species – from gangly,...
Oswego Daily News, October 24, 2009
...Hear more at Radio.com Leave a Reply Public Library To Host Renowned Children and Young Adult Author Bruce Coville At Annual Fundraiser Posted on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:16 am Award-winning Central New York author Bruce Coville will be the guest speaker at...
Suite101.com, October 8, 2009
...thrills. Find more reviews of great Halloween and monster books at Review of The Monster?s Ring by Bruce Coville. And learn about great Halloween party activities and movies at How to Make Fake Halloween Eyeballs and Great Halloween Movies to Rent for...
Sun Gazette, August 31, 2009
...s fourth-grade students' project was about at Round Hills Elementary School after reading 'Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher' by Bruce Coville in 2003. That interpretation can be seen hanging in the elementary school's library in the form of a quilt, made...
Juneau Empire, July 19, 2009
...at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday in July at the downtown library. The class was inspired by Bruce Coville's visit to the library last April. Check out some of Coville's 'Full Cast Audios' at the library. Attend the first meeting to register. For more...
Syracuse Online, June 11, 2009
...recording of a new novel, Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev. Children's author and FCA executive producer Bruce Coville posted it in two parts on YouTube, so fans would get a chance to see the faces behind their favorite voices, including Coville, Cynthia...
Examiner.com, April 24, 2009
...the planet and have fun while doing it. Some of the authors include Ann Brashares, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Bruce Coville, Daniel Pinkwater, Jack Prelutsky, Jane Yolen, Eve Bunting, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jon Scieszka, and Rick Riordan. Did you know Gail...
Surrey Leader, April 15, 2009
...This year?s selection of books included Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, Nim?s Island by Wendy Orr, and Run by Eric Walters....
Capital City Weekly, April 1, 2009
... JUNEAU - Well-known children's author Bruce Coville will be at the downtown Juneau library on April 4 at 7 p.m. He will also visit several Juneau schools on April 6 and be at the Ketchikan...
Juneau Empire, March 27, 2009
... - 10:20 am Author alert! Popular kids author and audiobook producer Bruce Coville will be visiting Juneau next week - the last time he was here, he played to a packed house. Reacquaint yourself with his spooky, funny, and classic stories, or...
Delta Optimist, March 25, 2009
...This year's selection of books included Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, Nim's Island by Wendy Orr and Run by Eric Walters....
Surrey Leader, March 21, 2009
...This year?s selection of books included Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, Nim?s Island by Wendy Orr, and Run by Eric Walters....
Steady Mom, January 2, 2010
...School series by Louis Sachar Anything by Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Anything by Bruce Coville, author of My Teacher is an Alien Anything by Daniel Pinkwater, author of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency  ...
Maw Books, December 31, 2009
...Collins Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville (to be reviewed) Popular Books Gallop and/or Swing by Rufus Butler Seder Love You Forever by Robert Munsch The Pigeon...
Opinionated? Me?, December 22, 2009
...Everything by Elise Boach. For kids... Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George and the Unicorn Chronicles series by Bruce Coville.. For YAs (i.e. teens or adults with good taste)... Dreamdark series by Laini Taylor, Rampant by Diana Peterfreund, Don't...
Books Obsession, December 22, 2009
...first read around the same time. More recently I've really enjoyed Kristin Cashore's Graceling and Fire , Bruce Coville's Dark Whispers (book 3 of the Unicorn Chronicles--I cannot wait for the final book), and Megan Whelan Turner's Attolia books. And I...
42Blips - Top Science Fiction News, Videos, and Bl, December 8, 2009
...Storytellers Unplugged Q&A with Sarah Monette . Bibliophile Stalker interviews Tim Waggoner . From 1983, a fascinating audio recording of Bruce Coville interviewing Isaac Asimov .News Strange Horizons is looking for First Readers . All 8 classic seasons...
Lisa Yee's MySpace Blog, November 1, 2009
...Levine Books, editor of the Harry Potter series , and the man who rescued me from the slush pile Bruce Coville , bestselling author and Full Cast Audio President Jodi Reamer , Writers House agent to that Twilight author and Moi Cheryl Klein , AAL Books...
In Bed With Books, October 20, 2009
...Adam Stemple, Cecelia Holland, Kage Baker, Samuel Sykes, Diana Wynne Jones, Mary Rosenblum, Tanith Lee, Andy Duncan, and Bruce Coville. Let's go through those names in order: I've heard of Jonathan Stroud, but haven't actually read his books. Gregory...
Supervised By A Cat, October 1, 2009
...Don't Call Me Little Bunny (ne m'appelez plus jamais "Mon Petit Lapin"): Gregoire Solotareff 48. Dragonslayers: Bruce Coville 49. Drowning of Stephan Jones, The: Bette Green 50. Education of Harriet Hatfield, The: May Sarton 51. Education of Little Tree,...
Brimstone Soup, Holly Cupala, August 6, 2009
...Revision Checklist Janet Lee Carey , Fantasy & Middle Grade Author, on the Dream Mind and the Day Mind Bruce Coville , Middle Grade and YA Author, on pruning out overused words and phrases for a tighter manuscript Sarah Beth Durst , YA Fantasy...
La Scuola d'Argento, June 16, 2009
...my favorite ABC books, A Queen’s Progress: An Elizabethan Alphabet and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, retold by Bruce Coville.  The boys also watched it on Shakespeare’s Animated Tales.  A read Mystery of the Pirate’s Ghost and C has read several...
SFFaudio, May 8, 2009
...demand a listen. This is how full cast is done, folks. Into the Land of the Unicorns By Bruce Coville; Read by Bruce Coville and the Full Cast Family 4 CDs - 3 hours 45 minutes - [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Full Cast Audio Published: 2009 ISBN:...
D's Book Log, May 2, 2009
...( 35 ) The Unicorn Chronicles, book 2 Another 2nd in a trilogy that surpassed the first.  I think this is common with kids/J Fic series. Since the first book has to set it all up, the series tend not to get really good til the 2nd one. Read this one...
nothing of importance (my everyday blog), April 13, 2009
...the store determined to buy. These points really belong to Nick Hornby. The Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Coville. Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville. An Enemy at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston. A half-price sale on all their used books led me...