Janet Lunn (1928–2017)
Author of The Root Cellar
About the Author
Janet Lunn was born in Dallas, Texas on December 28, 1928. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Her first book, Double Spell, was published in 1968. Her other books include The Root Cellar, Come to the Fair, and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. The Hollow Tree received the Governor show more General's Literary Award in 1998 and The Story of Canada written with Christopher Moore received a Mr. Christie's Book Award in 1993. She also received the Canadian Authors Association's Vicki Metcalf Award for Body of Work and The Writer's Trust of Canada's Matt Cohen Award in Celebration of a Writing Life. She died on June 26, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Her full name is Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn.
Image credit: School Services of Canada
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Works by Janet Lunn
A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabelle Stevenson Toronto (2006) 123 copies, 1 review
Amoss Sweater 1 copy
Le Chandail d'Amos 1 copy
Associated Works
This Land : A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers (1998) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Lunn, Janet Louise Swoboda
- Other names
- Swoboda, Janet Louise (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1928-12-28
- Date of death
- 2017-06-26
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
Canada (1963) - Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Place of death
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Places of residence
- Norwich, Vermont, USA
Rye, New York, USA
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Education
- Notre Dame College
Queen's University at Kingston - Occupations
- children's book author
- Relationships
- Lunn, Richard
- Awards and honors
- Matt Cohen Prize (2005)
Order of Canada
Order of Ontario - Disambiguation notice
- Her full name is Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn.
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- ISBNs
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