Wolves and Writing

Wolves have been in my life for nearly as long as I can remember. At the zoo my dad, Bob Elgin, directed in Des Moines, Iowa, I was the “wolf-girl.” It was my responsibility to tame a pair of half-wild black wolf cubs named Hansel and Gretel. I literally lived in their enclosure, hand fed them, talked to them, did everything in my power to erase the fear they felt of me and other human beings. Oth  ...