Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Coville was first published in 1977 and has written over 100 books.
Biography
Coville was born on May 16, 1950, in Syracuse, New York, where he resided . Bruce Coville's father (born Arthur Farrington) was adopted by his aunt, where he adopted her surname of Coville. While waiting to publish his first novel, Coville was employed in a number of professions including toymaker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, assembly line worker, and elementary school teacher working with second grade students and fourth grade students.
With no set paradigm for writing, Coville has successfully tried everything from writing from a strict outline to "writing from the seat of my pants." , he uses what he calls an "ever-expanding outline" where he outlines the beginning and end of a novel, and works to fill in the middle later. with translations in over a dozen languages. He has said that even with over 100 books, it gets harder and harder to write each successive book; he's concerned with maintaining his level of quality and not repeating himself.
In 2000, NESFA presented Coville with the Skylark Award for contributing significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the late "Doc" Smith well-loved by those who knew him.
In 2012, Coville was the 23rd recipient of the "Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young People" as awarded by the New York Library Association.