Bruce has had an extraordinary life so far, including boarding school in Yorkshire, during the 50s, agriculture at Marishall College, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland, and the School of Hard Knocks, embracing a wide variety of experiences caused by a broad spectrum of jobs, professions, inventions and projects, from designing and selling portable housing to the Canadian Government, designing and building Atlantic Canada’s first passive solar-heated Earth-sheltered home in Queen’s County, N.S. to working with Steve Jobs in helping build and entrench Apple Computer (Canada) Inc. in 1981-3 and introducing the first Mac to Canada with Steve on stage and owning his own advertising agency with many awards.

He has been involved with theatre since the age of 11 when his parents introduced him to participate in the same, in Germany.  Since then, his experiences have strengthened his vocal abilities, voice control and helped hone his natural acting talents, which have augmented his marketing and selling skills used successfully throughout his life.  He has a musical ear and was also a professional harmonica player for 2 years.

Bruce has been a story teller or recounter/narrator for many years and has a very inquisitive mind, directing him to always search for and seek out new ways of doing things, hence his inventions.

Since a spinal injury, early in the 90s in Russia, curtailed his professional employment, Bruce has written a couple of books, numerous short stories, lectures and lastly, a series of 20 bedtime stories for very young children, named Spindle Sticks and Ballast Bum, who have many humorous adventures in their very young lives.  His book and lectures have been used in a number of Russian state schools and private English Language schools.  He enjoys life with his Russian wife in Moscow!