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About L. M. Montgomery

About the Author

[right] L. M. Montgomery’s self portrait, photography c. 1900s

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island on November 30th, 1874. After her mother died from tubercolosis, Montgomery was raised by her maternal grandparents in nearby Cavendish, P.E.I. Growing up, Montgomery often clashed with her stern, reticent grandparents, who had little sympathy for her literary ambitions. At age 15, Montgomery joined her enterprising father and step-family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She returned to the Island only a year later. She completed her education at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, P.E.I. and later attended Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Montgomery taught school (in the rural communities of Bideford, Belmont and Lower Bedeque on P.E.I.) until her grandfather’s death in 1898, which recalled her to Cavendish to care for her grandmother. From 1898 - 1911, Montgomery wrote short stories and poetry for magazines, publishing her first novel, Anne of Green Gables in 1908. (read more…)