Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962 Geneva, New York) is an American poet, memoirist, personal growth author and teacher.
Her most recent poetry collection is Miraculum (Autumn House Press, 2012.)
She is also the author of Soul on Earth: A Guide To Living & Loving Your Human Life (Six Directions Press, 2012) and Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love (Six Directions Press, 2015), as well as a memoir, Death In Reverse: A Love Story (Michigan State University Press, 2003.)
She teaches at Ashland University,[1] and offers workshops and one-on-one mentoring on the theme of The Writer As Shaman nationwide.
[4][5] The San Francisco Bay Area has been Schwartz's chosen home since 1985; she has also traveled extensively in Latin America, and speaks fluent Spanish.