About the Author

L. M. Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874. A prolific writer, she published many short stories, poems and novels but she is best known for Anne of Green Gables and its sequels, inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried in Cavendish on her beloved island.

Benjamin Lefebvre, PH.D., is director of the L.M. Montgomery Research Group and editor of Montgomery's rediscovered final book, The Blythes Are Quoted. His most recent book is the co-edited collection of essays Anne's World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables.