Caitlin O'Connell
Biography
Caitlin O'Connell
Dr. Caitlin O'Connell is a Consulting Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and a world renowned expert on elephants and vibrotactile sensitivity. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed nonfiction science memoir, THE ELEPHANT'S SECRET SENSE (2007, Free Press), which highlights a novel form of elephant communication as well as their conservation plight. Her narrative nonfiction photo book AN ELEPHANT'S LIFE (2011, Lyons Press) uses a graphic novel approach to revealing subtle and intimate aspects of elephant society. Her co-authored nonfiction children's book, THE ELEPHANT SCIENTIST (2011, Houghton Mifflin Children's Books) won five awards, including the Robert F. Sibert Honor and Horn Book Honor for 2012. A BABY ELEPHANT IN THE WILD (2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers) is a Junior Library Guild Select, and ELEPHANT DON: THE POLITICS OF A PACHYDERM POSSE (University of Chicago Press) comes out April 6, 2015. Her debut blockbuster novel, IVORY GHOSTS, comes out with Random House, April 7, 2015. O'Connell is the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization, Utopia Scientific (www.utopiascientific.org), dedicated to research and science education. She is also co-director of Triple Helix Productions, with a mandate to develop more accurate science content for the media. She has written five screenplays with science themes and has just finished her first co-authored novel to inspire girls with an interest in physics. She has taught Science Writing for Stanford University and The New York Times Knowledge Network. Contact her at ceoconnell@stanford.edu.
Also visit her elephant blog: elephantskinny.tumblr.com. And be sure to watch an award-winning documentary about her research on the Smithsonian Channel: www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/show/3373743/elephant-king.
Caitlin O'Connell
