Donald W. (Donald Wayne) Bernier

Donald W. Bernier, listed in library and public-domain records as Donald Wayne Bernier (1950–2007), is credited as a coauthor of reference works in the U.S. government's Area Handbook series. His name appears on Area Handbook for Romania alongside Eugene K. Keefe, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole, and on Area Handbook for South Vietnam with Harvey H. Smith, Frederica M. Bunge, Frances Chadwick Rintz, Rinn-Sup Shinn, and Suzanne Teleki.

These books were designed to give readers practical, wide-ranging introductions to a country's history, society, politics, and economy. That makes Bernier's work especially appealing to listeners and readers who enjoy nonfiction that explains big national stories in a straightforward, usable way.

A funeral notice for Donald W. Bernier of Sanford, Maine records that he was born on October 22, 1950, and died on November 23, 2007. Beyond those confirmed details, biographical information about his writing life appears to be limited, so the surviving record is centered mainly on the substantial reference volumes that bear his name.