Janet Lunn's picture

Janet Lunn


Canada (1928 - 2017)

Janet Lunn was born Janet Louise Swoboda on December 28, 1928 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.  She came to Canada in 1946 to go to Notre Dame College in Ottawa and then to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. There she met and married Richard Lunn, a fellow student.

She published her first children's book, Double Spell, in 1968. Loved by many Janet left a endearing memory that is immortalized in her amazing books.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fiction
 
Series
Hawthorn Bay trilogy
   1. The Root Cellar (1983)
   2. Shadow in Hawthorn Bay (1986)
   3. The Hollow Tree (1997)
thumbthumbthumb
 
Novels
   Twin Spell (1968)
   Double Spell (1985)
thumbthumb
 
Anthologies edited
   The Unseen (1995)
thumb
 
Series contributed to
Dear Canada
   A Season for Miracles (2006) (with others)
thumb
 
Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors