About The Author

David Berger is a writer, artist and lecturer. He has worked as visual arts critic for The Seattle Times, executive director of a botanical garden, and communication officer for Dunhuang, a World Heritage Site on the Silk Road in China.

Berger is also a Metcalf Fellow for Marine and Environmental Reporting, and was the contestant from Washington state to the National Chicken Cooking Contest. David Berger started razor clamming when he moved to Washington after graduating from college. Answering the many questions generated about razor clam lore, history, and biology led to writing a book, Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest, published by University of Washington Press in September 2017. Berger lives in Seattle with his wife, Karen DeWinter.