Bruce Coville needs no introduction. The
bestselling author of more than 60 
books, he has helped make readers out of
millions of children with comic science fiction titles like My
Teacher Fried My Brains, My Teacher Flunked the Planet and
Aliens Ate My Homework. He has also delved into the realms
of fantasy with A Glory of Unicorns, and Goblins in
the Castle. It is his remarkable range of interests and his
prolific ability as a writer that led him to the retelling of
Shakespeare's plays 
in picturebook form, including A
Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth. Recently, an
inspired collaboration with friend and fellow 
author
Jane Yolen resulted in the riveting novel, Armageddon Summer.
Of his childhood, Bruce says, "Everyone that I knew wanted to grow up. I thought, I'm having more fun than any adult I see. Why should I grow up?" About his writing, he says, "I had a great childhood. When you write kids' books you try to go back and live in your childhood and rummage around in your head--see what's there."
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