Biography
After he broke into a house and accidentally started a fire, which subsequently burnt the house to the ground, he was able to save an armful of comics; thus he embarked on a life as a reader of “fine” literature--very fine.
Bruce's life of writing began when he created a comic for his sixth-grade class.
He was a starving artist for many years, living off of wild berries in the spring and pecans in the fall. He could never write. Finally he said, “To hell with this!” He got a full-time job at the University of South Alabama. There, he works with the poet laureate of Alabama, Dr. Sue Walker and novelist Carolyn Haines.
Before becoming assistant professor of creative writing at the University of South Alabama at Mobile, he worked as a reporter for the Hammond Daily Star, Hattiesburg American and The Birmingham Post Herald. His most notable interview was of General Colin Powell.
"I think that my journalism skills inform my writing in a good way," he says.
"In a nutshell, my literary sensibilities are shaped by The King James Bible, Comics, and newswriting."
