Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) is an American photographer and writer of children's books.

[2] Birdsall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in the suburbs.

She decided to become a writer at the age of ten, but she didn't start until she was forty-one.

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy introduced the Penderwick sisters and won the 2005 National Book Award.

[4] Birdsall's first picture book, Flora's Very Windy Day, was illustrated by Matt Phelan and published under the Clarion Books imprint in August 2010, and followed by Lucky and Squash in 2012.