Lucy Maud Montgomery was a popular Canadian novelist of the early 20th century, writing over 20 works between 1908 and 1937.
Montgomery was born and raised on Prince Edward Island, a small maritime province of Canada. Montgomery's mother died when she was an infant, and she was raised by her maternal grandparents. She attended a one-room schoolhouse from age 6 to 19, then earned a teacher's license and studied literature at a university. Montgomery worked as a teacher for two years until the death of her grandfather. Following her grandfather's death in 1898, Montgomery returned to her childhood home to care for her grandmother. She lived with her grandmother for the following 13 years...
