Melissa Crandall
My writing focuses on fabulist fiction and narrative nonfiction. My most recent book, ELEPHANT SPEAK: A Devoted Keeper's Life Among the Herd, was published in March 2020 (Ooligan Press).
My short fiction has been featured in "Today Tomorrow Always, Volume One," "Wild Musette," anthologies "Three on a Match" and "Tricks and Treats," the collection "Darling Wendy and Other Stories," and in "Allegory, the Tri-Annual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror." Nonfiction work has appeared in JEMA (Journal of the Elephant Managers Association), JAGS (Journal of the American Geriatrics Association), and Chicken Soup for the Soul. I cut my professional writing teeth on media tie-in novels for Star Trek, Quantum Leap, and Earth 2.
Currently, I live near Cleveland, Ohio with my husband and our cat Ruby, who is altogether too satisfied with herself.
Works
Elephant Speak: A Devoted Keeper's Life Among the Herd
This biography celebrates the extraordinary life of Roger Henneous, who for 30 years cared for the largest and most successful herd of breeding elephants in North America.
"Trinity," Today Tomorrow Always
"Reclamation," Wild Musette Journal
"Return of the Elephant Man," JEMA
"The Last Zoo Keeper," Wild Musette Journal
"Thicker Than Water," Three On A Match
"Dreams on Racks" and "The Cellar," Tricks and Treats: A Collection of Spooky Stories by Connecticut Authors
"Out of the Blue: A First Experience with Canine Epilepsy," Animal Bliss
"At the Intersection of Alzheimer's and Bliss," JAGS
"These Things Take Time," Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness
"Time Travel: A Homecoming on Spaulding Lake," County Crossroads
Weathercock
"And to All a Good Night," Amoskeag: The Journal of Southern New Hampshire University
Darling Wendy and Other Stories
"Quinn," and others, 5.5 BW: Poems and Stories
"Healing Horses," ASPCA Animal Watch
Various articles, STRIDES
Earth 2
Quantum Leap: Search and Rescue
Star Trek #63, Shell Game
Star Trek #60, Ice Trap (in collaboration as L.A. Graf)
Website
Location
Kent, OH
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Category
Fiction & Literature, Horror / Thriller, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, General Non-Fiction, Essays