From Shelf Awareness:

Sara Gruen with Tai, the elephant portraying Rosie, on the set of Water for Elephants. Gruen is the author of Water for Elephants (Algonquin) and Ape House, which will be published by Spiegel & Grau September 7. The movie–starring Robert Pattinson; Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz; and Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook–is scheduled to be released by Fox 2000 this spring.