Occupation Writer Education Queen's University Role Writer | Name Janet Lunn Citizenship Canada (from 1963) | |
Awards Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People Books The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree, The Story of Canada, Amos's Sweater, Double Spell | ||
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Janet Louise Lunn, (née Swoboda; December 28, 1928 – June 26, 2017) was a Canadian children's writer.
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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. She became a Canadian citizen in 1963. They had five children and her husband died in 1987.
She published her first children's book, Double Spell, in 1968. From 1972 to 1975, she was a children's editor for Clark, Irwin Publishers.
From 1984 to 1985, she was the first children's author to be Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada.
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. Loved by many janet left a endearing memory that is immortalized in her amazing books.