After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.īefore getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). 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. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. 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. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950.
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