Janell Lerille is an RN and clinical instructor for nursing, and a former thoroughbred jockey living in Southern California. She specializes in maternal newborn nursing, has a Masters level nursing education with special interest in nursing research, and has served on her facility’s Nursing Research Council for 11 years. Lerille is married and lives with her husband, mother, and cat Camille. Thunder, this book’s namesake, passed away in January of 2021. She also owns a former race horse, or off-track thoroughbred (OTTB), she and her family rescued from neglect and starvation in 2015. In her free time, Lerille enjoys reading, writing songs and poetry, riding horses, riding bikes, and hiking. She often collaborates with her mother on musical projects, who puts music to her lyrics. Thunder: Little Man is her first published book, but she’s looking forward to many more to come.