(1950-    ) US author of sf and fantasy, mostly the latter, almost exclusively juveniles. Of some sf interest are: Murder in Orbit (1987; vt Space Station ICE-3 1987); My Teacher is an Alien (1989) and its sequels, My Teacher Fried my Brains (1991), My Teacher Glows in the Dark (1991), all three assembled as My Teacher is an Alien: 3 Books in One (omni 1995), plus and My Teacher Flunked the Planet (1992); Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon #2: The Dark Abyss (1989), a tie; the A.I. Gang sequence for children – Operation Sherlock (1986), Robot Trouble (1986) and Forever Begins Tomorrow (1986); and the Rod Allbright sequence of humorous sf adventures, Aliens Ate My Homework (1993) and I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (1994). None of this work can easily be thought of as seriously imagined, though The One Right Thing (coll, 2008) is both competent and varied. [JC]

see also: Skylark Award.

Bruce Farrington Coville

born Syracuse, New York: 16 May 1950

died

works

fiction (sf)

series

A.I. Gang

• Operation Sherlock (New York: New American Library/Signet Vista, 1986) [A.I. Gang: pb/]
  • The A.I. Gang: Operation Sherlock (New York: Pocket Minstrel, 1995) [rev vt of the above: A.I. Gang: pb/]
• Robot Trouble (New York: New American Library/Signet Vista, 1986) [A.I. Gang: pb/]
  • The A.I. Gang: Robot Trouble (New York: Pocket Minstrel, 1995) [rev vt of the above: A.I. Gang: pb/Broeck Steadman]
• Forever Begins Tomorrow (New York: New American Library/Signet Vista, 1986) [A.I. Gang: pb/]

Planet Builders

• Planet Builders: Mountain of Stolen Dreams (New York: Ivy Books, 1988) as by Robyn Tallis [Planet Builders: pb/Bob Eggleton]
• Planet Builders: Night of Two New Moons (New York: Ivy Books, 1989) as by Robyn Tallis [Planet Builders: pb/Keith Birdsong]

My Teacher

• My Teacher is an Alien (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1989) [My Teacher: pb/Mike Wimmer]
• My Teacher Fried my Brains (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1991) [My Teacher: pb/Stever Fashner]
• My Teacher Glows in the Dark (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1991) [My Teacher: pb/Jeffrey Lindberg]
  • My Teacher is an Alien: 3 Books in One (London: HarperCollins, 1995) [omni of the above three: My Teacher: pb/]
• My Teacher Flunked the Planet (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1992) [My Teacher: pb/Stever Fashner]

Space Brat

• Space Brat (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1992) [chap: Space Brat: pb/Greg Wray]
• Space Brat 2: Blork's Evil Twin (New York: Simon and Schuster/Aladdin, 1993) [chap: Space Brat: pb/]
• Space Brat 3: The Wrath of Squat (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1994) [chap: Space Brat: pb/]
• Space Brat 4: The Planet of the Dips (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1995) [chap: Space Brat: pb/Katherine Coville]
• Space Brat 5: The Saber-Toothed Poodnoobie (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1997) [chap: Space Brat: pb/]

Rod Allbright

• Aliens Ate my Homework (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1993) [Rod Allbright: pb/Stephen Peringer]
• I Left my Sneakers in Dimension X (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1994) [Rod Allbright: pb/Stephen Peringer]

individual titles (sf)

• Murder in Orbit (London: Dragon Books, 1987) [Omni Odysseys: pb/]
  • Space Station ICE-3 (New York: Scholastic, 1987) [vt of the above: Omni Odysseys: pb/Lindberg]
  • Space Station ICE-3 (New York: Pocket Archway, 1996) [rev of the above: Omni Odysseys: pb/Broeck Steadman]
• Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon #2: The Dark Abyss (New York: Bantam Books/Byron Preiss, 1989) [tie: Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon: pb/Robert Gould]
• Armageddon Summer (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998) with Jane Yolen [hb/Kamil Vojnar]

fiction (non-sf)

series

• Spirits and Spells (New York: Dell/Twilight, 1983) [Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/]
  • Bruce Coville's Chamber of Horrors: Spirits and Spells (New York: Pocket Archway, 1996) [vt of the above: Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/Ciruelo Cabral]
    • Spirit World: Spirits and Spells (London: Hodder Children's Books, 1998) [vt of the above: Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/Sam Hadley]
• Eyes of the Tarot (New York: Bantam Books, 1983) [Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/]
  • Bruce Coville's Chamber of Horrors #3: Eyes of the Tarot (New York: Pocket Archway, 1996) [rev vt of the above: Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/Ciruelo Cabral]
    • Spirit World: Eyes of the Tarot (London: Hodder Children's Books, 1998) [vt of the above: Dark Forces/Spirit World: pb/Sam Hadley]
• Amulet of Doom (New York: Dell/Twilight, 1985) [Spirits and Spells: pb/]
  • Bruce Coville's Chamber of Horrors #1: Amulet of Doom (New York: Pocket Archway, 1996) [Spirits and Spells: pb/Ciruelo Cabral]
    • Spirit World: Creature of Fire (London: Hodder Children's Books, 1998) [vt of the above: pb/Sam Hadley]

Magic Shop

• The Monster's Ring (New York: Pocket Books, 1987) [chap: Magic Shop: pb/Barclay Shaw]
  • The Monster's Ring (New York: Harcourt, 2002) [exp of the above: Magic Shop: hb/Tony DiTerlizzi]
• Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991) [Magic Shop: hb/Gary A Lippincott]
• Jennifer Murdley's Toad (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992) [Magic Shop: hb/Gary A Lippincott]
• The Skull of Truth (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1997) [Magic Shop: hb/Gary A Lippincott]
• Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2005) [Magic Shop: hb/Tony DiTerlizzi]

Camp Haunted Hills

• The Ghost Wore Gray (1988) (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1988) [Camp Haunted Hills: pb/]
• Some of my Best Friends are Monsters (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1988) [Camp Haunted Hills: pb/]
• The Dinosaur That Followed me Home (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1990) [Camp Haunted Hills: pb/]

Unicorn Chronicles

• Into the Land of Unicorns (New York: Scholastic, 1994) [Unicorn Chronicles: hb/Neal McPheeters]
• Song of the Wanderer (New York: Scholastic, 1999) [Unicorn Chronicles: hb/Rebecca Guay]
• Dark Whispers (New York: Scholastic, 2008) [Unicorn Chronicles: hb/Petar Meseldzija]
• The Last Hunt (New York: Scholastic, 1999) [Unicorn Chronicles: hb/Petar Meseldzija]

individual titles

• The Ghost in the Third Row (New York: Bantam Books, 1987) [pb/]
• Monster of the Year (New York: Pocket Books/Minstrel Book, 1989) [pb/Harvey Kurtzman]
• The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1991) [pb/Daniel Henderson]
• The Dragonslayers (New York: Pocket/Minstrel, 1994) [pb/Tim Hildebrandt]
• Oddly Enough: Stories (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994) [coll: hb/Michael Hussar]
• Odder Than Ever (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1999) [coll: hb/Michael Hussar]
  • Odds Are Good: An Oddly Enough and Oddly Than Ever Omnibus (New York: Magic Carpet Books, 2006) [omni of above coll plus Oddly Enough: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
• William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (New York: Dial Press, 1996) [hb/Dennis A Nolan]
• The Monsters of Morley Manor (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2001) [hb/John Berg]
• Thor's Wedding Day (New York: Harcourt, 2005) [hb/Matthew Cogswell]
• The One Right Thing (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 2008) [coll: hb/Omar Rayyan]
• Oddest of All (New York: Harcourt, 2008) [coll: hb/Kelly Eismann]
• Always October (New York: Harper, 2012) [hb/Andrea Fermerstrand]

works as editor (highly selected)

• The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems and Unicorn Lore (New York: Doubleday and Company, 1988) [anth: hb/Tim Hildebrandt]
• Half-Human (New York: Scholastic Press, 2001) [anth: hb/Marc Tauss]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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