The Author Alvin Schwartz was born in NYC in 1916. He wrote Batman and Superman newspaper strips in 1940|s. When writing most of DC|s newspaper strips in 1944 and 1952, he also went on to do Aquaman,Vigilan te,Slam Bradley,DatewithJudy,House Mystery, Tomahawk, WonderWomen and numerous others in a long career with DC th atended in 1958. After that he began to write stories of real-life people. He wrotea best sellar in Frace. His new book, An Unlikely Prophet, is a story about his work of Superman. His best scary story series book are Scary Stories to Tell in he Dark, Scary Stories Boxed Set,and Scary Stories 3. He lives in Ontario,Canada.