| Bruce Craven | |
| Birth Name: | Bruce Harris Craven |
| Education: | BA English and Politics, MFA Poetry |
| Alma Mater: | UC (Santa Cruz), Columbia University |
Bruce Craven is an American novelist, screenwriter, and educator.
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.
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.
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.