Trivia / Rod Allbright Alien Adventures

• What Could Have Been: The original title was actually Aliens Ate My Goldfish. Then Coville had the idea to change it to Aliens Ate My Homework, playing off the famous kid phrase "the dog ate my homework." When he asked friends and kids in schools what they thought of the idea, they felt the "homework" version was much better, so he went with it.
• Write Who You Know: Rod's character is based on Bruce Coville himself. Fittingly, Rod's parents, Arthur and Jean Allbright, are named after the author's real-life parents: Arthur and Jean Coville.