Dana Gardner is the author and/or illustrator of many publications, including the laminated guides Birds at Your Feeder: A Guide to Winter Birds of the Great Plains (Iowa, 2003), Raptors in Your Pocket: A Guide to Great Plains Birds of Prey (Iowa, 2006), Waterfowl in Your Pocket: A Guide to Water Birds of the Midwest (Iowa, 2008), and Warblers in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Wood-Warblers of the Upper Midwest (Iowa, 2016) and the books Fifty Uncommon Birds of the Upper Midwest and Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest (both Iowa, 2010). He lives in Berkeley, California.