About the author
Brian Donnelly is an award-winning independent writer and publisher, a former United States Marine, a 27-year veteran of the armed forces, an elected public servant and nationally recognized attorney. This is his third children's book.
His first graphic novel, "Tir Na Fuil Volume 1: A Hard Rain's Gonna' Fall," won a bronze medal in the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards alongside fellow award winners and pop culture icons Stan Lee and William Shatner. His second graphic novel: Once and Future: Finest Hour won the Silver Medal in the 2020 Moonbeam Awards and his first children's book TOOT FAIRYand his second children's Book Help me Hide This Giraffe! Both won a number of awards including Best Illustration and Best Cover by the Best Indie Book Awards.
Brian learned of the power of humanity in the face of suffering when He was diagnosed with a brain tumor, epilepsy and autoimmune encephalitis a few weeks after hearing the news his wife was pregnant with their daughter Brooke. He underwent 9 hours of brain surgery when his wife was five months pregnant and spent the first seven months of his daughter's life in immuno-infusion therapy. As a result, his publishing company donates proceeds from its creative works to charitable causes.