Susan E.B. Schwartz
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Susan E.B. Schwartz is an American non-fiction writer who is a Partner to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
and writes about the outdoors, fitness and sports. She is also the author of the biography of medical and rock climbing pioneer, Hans Kraus
(Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus). The book was a finalist at the Banff Book Competition and won the 2006 Eric Hoffer Award and Writer’s Notes Award.
in Manhattan and was a shipwreck divemaster on New York harbor shipwrecks. She grew up outside New York City and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and Harvard.
and writes about the outdoors, fitness and sports. She is also the author of the biography of medical and rock climbing pioneer, Hans Kraus
Hans Kraus
Hans Kraus was a pioneer of modern rock climbing, as well as being one of the fathers of sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Kraus was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1974.-Career:...
(Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus). The book was a finalist at the Banff Book Competition and won the 2006 Eric Hoffer Award and Writer’s Notes Award.
Personal life
A current member of the Literary Board of the American Alpine Club, Schwartz formerly sat on the Board of Directors of the American Alpine Club and sits on committees for the Mohonk Preserve, the largest non-profit nature in New York State. Schwartz also taught scuba divingScuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
in Manhattan and was a shipwreck divemaster on New York harbor shipwrecks. She grew up outside New York City and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and Harvard.