Janet Louise Lunn, CMOOnt (néeSwoboda; December 28, 1928 – June 26, 2017) was a
Canadian children's writer.
Early life and education
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]
Career
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]