HOWARD SCHWARTZ nació en St. Louis, Missouri, Estados Unidos. Su labor de autor, poeta, conocedor del folklore judío, editor, le ha valido diferentes premios. Entre sus publicaciones se cuentan, entre otros, los siguientes libros: Voices Within the Ark, 1980; Miriam´s Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from Around the World, 1988; Tales of the Supernatural, 1991; The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World, 1991, con Barbara Rush; Imperial Messages: One Hundred Modern Parables, 1991; The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria, 1992; Gabriel´s Palace: Jewish Mystical Tales, 1994; Elijah´s Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales, 1994; Reimagining the Bible: The Story Telling of the Rabbis, 1998; Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World, 2002; The Day the Rabbi Disappeared, 2003; Before You Were Born, 2005, con Kristina Swarner; Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, 2007; Gathering of Sparks, 2010, con Kristina Swarner.