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Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville
American Author
Born: May 16, 1950
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Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
I grew up around the corner from my grandparents' dairy farm, which was three miles outside of a small town called Phoenix. Bruce Coville
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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. Bruce Coville
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Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders. Bruce Coville
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I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade. Bruce Coville
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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. Bruce Coville
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Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense. Bruce Coville
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When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.' Bruce Coville
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