About the author
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for writing the classic novel Anne of Green Gables (1908).
She was born on November 30, 1874, in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Montgomery had a lonely childhood, which inspired many of her stories.
Her writing often focused on imagination, nature, and strong female characters.
She wrote over 20 novels, as well as hundreds of short stories, poems, and essays.
Montgomery struggled with depression in her later years but continued to write.
She died in 1942, but her books are still loved around the world today.