Dan Musgrave was raised by animals, a Marine Vietnam Vet, and a bipolar artist in rural Kansas. He is a writer and photographer with particular interest in the intersections of the human and animal world. He holds an MFA from the University of Missouri- St Louis and an MA in Biological Anthropology from Iowa State University. For nearly seven years, he did linguistic, cognitive, and behavioral research with captive bonobos while they trained him in the art of being a better person.

Dan’s work has earned recognition from the Iceland Writers Retreat, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Odyssey Writing Workshop, Best American Science and Nature Writing, and numerous literary magazines and journals. He is a registered member of the 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 (Osage) Nation.

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He is represented by Alice Martell.