Janell Cannon is an American children's author and illustrator.
Her first book, Stellaluna (1993), about a baby fruit bat, has been included in the National Education Association and School Library Journal's list of 100 best children's books of all time.
In sixth grade she began painting with acrylics.
After high school she moved west and settled in Southern California.
[1] From 1981 to 1993 she was a graphic artist for the Carlsbad public library.