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

President Reagan
1991
ISBN 9781891620911
Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan
2014
ISBN 9781595555342
From Ronald Reagan to Rodney King
2026
ISBN 9780807187128
The McCloskey challenge
1972
ISBN 9780525154327
Reporting
1977
ISBN 9780930302139
Reagan
1982
ISBN 9780399510779
Official Negligence
1997
ISBN 9780813368184
Ronald Reagan
2001
ISBN 9780756761103
Governor Reagan
2003
ISBN 9781586480301
Reagan's disciple : George W. Bush's troubled quest for a presidential legacy
2007
ISBN 9781586484484
The Reagan paradox
2014
ISBN 9781618939890