Janet Bond Brill was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of a prominent stage and screen actor and a psychoanalyst. After graduating from Walden School at sixteen and earning her B.S. in Biology from the University of Miami, she spent seven years as a flight attendent for Pan American World Airways before returning to academia.

Dr. Brill holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Science from the University of Miami, along with two master’s degrees—one in Exercise Science from the University of Miami and another in Nutrition Science from Florida International University. She is the author of four nationally recognized health books, including Cholesterol Down and Blood Pressure Down, published by Random House, as well as numerous scientific papers and articles for lay publications.

After thirty-seven years of knowing and loving her mother-in-law, Holocaust survivor Edna Stefania Brill, Dr. Brill moved from health writing to historical memoir. Little Edna’s War records Edna’s extraordinary experiences for future generations—her first memoir and her most important work.

Dr. Brill lives in Pennsylvania with her husband Sam, Edna’s son. Together they have three children—Rachel, Mia, and Jason—and two grandchildren. In recent years, Dr. Brill has also written and published three children’s books for her grandchildren, bringing imagination and wonder to bedtime stories that bridge generations.