Moses Leon Howard is an American writer and educator. He has written for children and adults for fifty years. A retired community college dean, biology teacher, assistant high school principal, and counselor/mentor for students at risk, Mr. Howard now lives in Washington State.

In addition to his career as an educator in the U.S., Mr. Howard served as a Fulbright Fellow in Africa and spent ten years training medical technologists and preparing secondary school teachers in Kampala, Uganda.

Mr. Howard has also published children's books such as "The Human Mandolin," and other titles under the pen name Musa Nagenda, including "Dogs of Fear" and "The Ostrich Egg Shell Canteen."