
author
1874–1942
Best known for creating Anne of Green Gables, this Canadian writer turned memories of Prince Edward Island into stories that have charmed readers for generations. Her books mix warmth, humor, and a sharp understanding of loneliness, imagination, and belonging.

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Born in Prince Edward Island in 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery grew up largely with her grandparents in Cavendish after her mother died when she was very young. That landscape stayed with her for life and became the emotional home of much of her fiction.
She found worldwide success with Anne of Green Gables in 1908, and went on to write many more novels, short stories, poems, and journal pieces. Sources consistently describe her as one of Canada’s most widely read authors, and her work remains closely tied to the literary identity of Prince Edward Island.
Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942. Beyond Anne Shirley, readers still return to her writing for its vivid sense of place, memorable heroines, and the way it balances comfort with real feeling.