Robert A. Gardner was born in Detroit, Michigan. He served in Vietnam as an unarmed combat medic, graduated from Wayne State Medical School, and became an air force flight surgeon ...view moreRobert A. Gardner was born in Detroit, Michigan. He served in Vietnam as an unarmed combat medic, graduated from Wayne State Medical School, and became an air force flight surgeon and chief of medical services. He eventually returned to Detroit to chronicle its deadly streets in Storms and Grace. He now practices medicine in New Mexico and Guam.view less