David & Susan Schwartz

David and Susan Schwartz are the co-authors of "The Joy of Costco: A Treasure Hunt from A to Z" (Hot Dog Press LLC, September 2023.) David is the author of several books, most recently "The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age" (Basic Books, 2017). He holds a BA from Stanford and a PhD from MIT. He has had a varied career, as a foreign policy specialist, an investment banker, an HR consultant, and an executive search professional. David spent much of his youth in San Francisco, where his parents were early members of Price Club, Costco's predecessor. Susan Schwartz received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University and has worked in marketing at Nabisco and General Foods. After leaving corporate America, she worked freelance making TV commercials for thirteen years before joining her husband David in executive search consulting. She worked as a professional baker for two years after college. She grew up in Philly where she delighted in shopping at Costco with her beloved parents.