Facts: - imagesize: 205 - death place: toronto , ontario , canada - alt: l. m. montgomery - period: 1896 -- 1940 - caption: l. m. montgomery ca. 1897 - notableworks: '' ingleside '' '' emily of new moon '' anne of green gables '' '' rilla of - death date: 24 april 1942 - genre: canadian literature , children 's novels - spouse: ewen -lrb- '' ewan '' -rrb- macdonald - education: prince of wales college , dalhousie university - children: chester , hugh and stuart - birth date: 30 november 1874 - name: lucy maud montgomery - nationality: canadian -lrb- british subject -rrb- - image: lucy maud montgomery.jpg - birth place: clifton , prince edward island - occupation: fiction writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lucy maud montgomery .
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lucy maud montgomery -lrb- november 30 , 1874 -- april 24 , 1942 -rrb- , publicly known as l. m. montgomery , was a canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with '' anne of green gables '' .'' anne of green gables '' was an immediate success .the central character , anne , an orphaned girl , made montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following .the first novel was followed by a series of sequels with anne as the central character .montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories , 500 poems , and 30 essays .most of the novels were set on prince edward island , canada , and thus locations within the canadian province became literary landmarks .she was made an officer of the order of the british empire in 1935 .montgomery 's work , diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide .