| Janet Louise Lunn | |
| Birth Name: | Janet Louise Swoboda |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Citizenship: | Canada (from 1963) |
| Genre: | Children's literature, fantasy |
| Awards: | Order of Canada Order of Ontario |
Janet Louise Lunn, (née Swoboda; December 28, 1928 - June 26, 2017) was a Canadian children's writer.
Lunn was born in Dallas, Texas; she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she moved again to the outskirts of New York City. In 1946, she came to Canada to attend Queen's University and married a fellow student, Richard Lunn.[1] She became a Canadian citizen in 1963. They had five children and her husband died in 1987.[2]
Janet Lunn published her first children's book, Double Spell, in 1968. From 1972 to 1975, she was a children's editor for Clark, Irwin Publishers.[3]
From 1984 to 1985, she was the first children's author to be Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada.[4]
In 1982, she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award. She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 1996 and made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1997. She died on June 26, 2017, at age 88.[5]