Bruce Harris Craven

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BornBruce Harris Craven
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • screenwriter
  • educator
EducationBA English and Politics, MFA Poetry
Alma mater UC (Santa Cruz), Columbia University

Bruce Craven is an American novelist, screenwriter, and educator.

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Education

Craven received a B.A. in Politics and Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University.

Education work

Craven directs the Columbia Senior Executive Program at the Columbia Business School. He also teaches the MBA course: Leadership Through Fiction, based on novels, plays and film scripts.

Published works

Craven wrote the novel Fast Sofa in 1993 and later wrote the screenplay for the movie of the same name (2001). The movie starred Jake Busey, Jennifer Tilly, Crispin Glover, and Eric Roberts.

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