Melissa Crandall
Nonfiction, Memoir, Fabulist Fiction & Poetry
Okay, So This is Cool
A local gentleman I know — Stan Malcom — is an award-winning nature photographer as well as being an entomologist with a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. He’s been honored with both a species and a genus named for him. Yesterday, I received this from him:
“I think you’ve earned the title Dr. Crandall. Considering your years of data gathering from Roger and other sources, plus the context you’ve developed about elephants and elephant keeping in general, plus the engaging non-fiction prose, plus steering the book through reviews and publication…if that’s not a Doctoral Dissertation, I don’t know what is. Congratulations!”
Thank you, Stan.
Melissa Crandall 
I know I was amazed at the knowledge you have acquired in the past 5 years. It sounds like you could speak to a doctoral committee for hours and not run out of things to say. What an honor Dr. Malcolm bestowed on you.
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Kudos Dr. Crandall!!
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LOL! Yeah, I’m pretty jazzed about it. Now if I could only convince UCONN to bestow an honorary doctorate….
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