About the Author

About the Author

Place of birth: Lucy Muad Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island in November 30, 1874.

Academic/ professional timeline: At the age of six she attended a one room school in cavendish which she completed her earlier education there. She took a break to spend time with her father and his new wife and while she was staying their she published her first poem which was titled On Cape Leforce published by a Prince Edward Island newspaper. She returns to cavendish to finish her educated tenth grade education. That same year she tried to get a teaching degree at the Prince of Wales college. She taught a total of three schools before attending a university in Halifax to get a higher education in English. Her grandfather passed away and she rushed to cavendish to take care of her grandmother. She wrote different poems and stories while she stated in cavendish. She wrote anne of green gables and she sent it to publishers and she was rejected by all of them. Two Years later she picked it back up and re wrote it and it finally got published. It become a best seller instantly.

Inspiration: She was inspired to Anne of green gables through an old journal written over a decade ago. The journal talked about an Elderly couple apply to orphan asylum for a boy by mistake a girl is sent them, that’s were the Cuthbert and Anne came from.