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• Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, published more than 20 novels and short stories. Her works feature characters with strong imaginations, determination and a love of adventure.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: November 30, 1874
  2. Birth place: Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  3. Father: Hugh John Montgomery
  4. Mother: Clara Woolner Macneill
  5. Alma mater: Prince of Wales College, now the University of Prince Edward Island
  6. Studied literature at Dalhousie University
  7. Married: July 5, 1911, to Ewan Macdonald Confederation Centre: The Life of L.M. Montgomery
  8. Died: April 24, 1942, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  9. 5th place in college entrance exam Tickled Orange: Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Career

  Lucy Maud Montgomery started writing poems and journals while she was in her mid-teens. At 15, she published her first poem, On Cape Le Force . She continued with her passion for writing, publishing a number of short stories, poems and novels while working as a teacher. Montgomery also worked as a proofreader and society page editor at the Halifax Daily Echo. She wrote a column, Around the Tea Table, under the pen-name of Cynthia. Tickled Orange: Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908.eNotes: Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery

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  Anne of Green Gables | Canada | Prince Edward Island | Dalhousie University

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