L.M.MONTGOMERY
Canadian author (1874-1942)
Biography:
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, on November 30, 1874. Montgomery always knew she wanted to be a writer. She had various poems and stories published, but her most famous work would undoubtedly be Anne of the Green Gables, published in 1908. Later on, she wrote 8 sequels to this book, taking Anne from childhood to motherhood.
She achieved much in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and Canada on the world map. Nineteen of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, describing its landscape and people.
She wrote short stories, poems and about 20 novels. However, the charming story of an unconventional red-headed orphan girl, called Anne Shirley and adopted by the old Cuthberts, will always be considered as one of the best Canadian literary production.
"Anne is the dearest and most moving and delightful child of fiction since the immortal Alice." (Mark Twain)
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of illustrated works:
Anne of Green Gables, illustrated by Jodie Lee, New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1935.
Rilla of Ingleside, illustrated by David Bathust, Toronto, 1990
Anne of the Isalnd, illustrated by Mark Graham, 1992.