Bruce was born and raised in the United Kingdom. There, he studied literature and theatre at Bachelor's level, and applied linguistics at Master's level. He went on to teach English in Bulgaria and Finland, and has published several works on teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) and CLIL (content and language integrated learning), most notably 'Lessons from Nothing', published by Cambridge University Press. Professionally, he then moved into technical writing.
During 18 years in Finland, he was active in the 'Finite Monkeys' writing society. As Chair of the dramatic society 'The Finn-Brit Players', he organized and took part in poetry performances under the flag of 'Poetry & Jazz', and oversaw the publication of a collection of members' original works, named 'A Finite Number of Monkeys'.
He is now resident in the USA, doing business as a consultant linguist, editor, and writer.