Janet Chapple is a Montana native whose parents once worked at Old Faithful Inn, the historic lodge in Yellowstone Park. She is the editor of the historical anthology Through Early Yellowstone (2016) and co-translator of the English edition of Yellowstone, Land of Wonders (2013), an 1883 travelog by Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq. She lives in Oakland, California.

For more information about Janet, see her publisher's website.

She is a member-owner of This House of Books since July 2017.