DINO GARNER

Dino Garner was born in Laredo, TX to a fighter-pilot father and designer mother and grew up in Europe his first 12 years. He traveled to more than a dozen countries as a child and teen, learned multiple foreign languages, and discovered a deep passion for action-adventure and seeking knowledge in many areas.

In ninth grade, Dino developed a life plan. Become a: 1. Marine Biologist; 2. Neurobiologist; 3. Army Ranger; and 4. Mercenary of some type.

Dino's first professional job was at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) and Mote Marine Laboratory (Sarasota, FL), where he became the first scientist to successfully culture shark cells (later published in the refereed scientific journal Tissue and Cell).

After graduating from university, Dino did original research on electroreception in sharks at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla, CA). Later, he designed and built several electrophysiology laboratories (including the high-tech preamplifiers and the “world’s sharpest and most effective glass microelectrode” for his experiments) and conducted original research on biophysical mechanisms of memory storage in single neurons.

Years ago he flew in the backseat of US military high-performance fighter and attack jets, and photographed for books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Dino authored and shot images for his first book, TOPGUN Miramar.

At age 35, Dino enlisted in the US Army and became the oldest Airborne Ranger recruit in the 75th Ranger Regiment, serving honorably with the 1st Ranger Battalion for several long years, and then did more than 220 overseas missions in civilian specops, including hunting poachers in Africa.

Dino designed and engineered the technology for photographing large quantities of internationally recognized jewelry by prominent manufacturers, producing a sea change in how large quantities of jewelry were photographed and garnering a 40% market share of all jewelry photography in the US.

During that time, Dino designed a unique method to photograph Mentor Corporation’s silicone breast implants and earned the moniker “The Billion-Dollar Man” for photographing a hand-cut silicone breast implant that featured prominently at an FDA hearing.

From 1998-2012, Dino was a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and editor of more than 50 books.

His upcoming book, AEROMASTERS: Celebrating a Century of the American Fighter Pilot, with co-author and partner Liz Fetter, is a 1,200-page, three-volume, coffee-table/narrative book that celebrates a century of the American fighter pilot. Professional early reviewers call it "A literary and visual masterpiece.” It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His other upcoming book, SILENT SCARS, BOLD REMEDIES: Cutting-Edge Therapy and Treatment of PTSD in US Military Personnel and Veterans, was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

He lives in Bozeman, Montana and rural Central Pennsylvania. Stay connected with Dino Garner’s newsletter on LinkedIn: The Frontier Report!