Louis Cannon (born 1933) is an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer who was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s,^[1] and later senior White House correspondent of The Washington Post during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.^[2] He is a prolific biographer of Ronald Reagan, having written five books about him. Cannon is currently a columnist and editorial advisor to State Net Capitol Journal, a weekly publication focused on state legislation and politics.^[3] He is the father of Carl M. Cannon.

Publications

External videos
Part One of Booknotes interview with Lou Cannon on President Reagan: A Role of a Lifetime, May 12, 1991, C-SPAN
Part Two of interview with Cannon, May 19, 1991, C-SPAN

• Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey (New York: Doubleday, 1969) LCCN 78-87099
• The McCloskey Challenge (1972)
• Reporting: An Inside View (1977)
• Reagan (1982)
• President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (1991)
• Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1998)
• Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum (2001)
• Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (2003)