Melissa Crandall is a poet and the author of Elephant Speak: A Devoted Keeper's Life Among the Herd. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the Journal of the Elephant Managers Associatio...view moreMelissa Crandall is a poet and the author of Elephant Speak: A Devoted Keeper's Life Among the Herd. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the Journal of the Elephant Managers Association, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and ASPCA’s Animal Watch. She has also worked on media tie-in novels for Star Trek, Quantum Leap, and Earth 2. view less