Greg Dimijian was Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas where he taught an annual course in behavioral ecology. Mary Beth Dimijian taught elementary school for three decades in Richardson, Texas. They worked with researchers and field biologists around the world to understand and photograph the Earth's natural heritage and taught lay and professional audiences about wild places and animal behavior. Their photographs have appeared in National Geographic publications, the New York Times, Time, Natural History, Scientific American, International Wildlife, Sky & Telescope, Nature, Science, and many other publications. For the Love of Wild Places is their second book.