What key details about margaret marshall saunders can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: margaret marshall saunders cbe -lrb- may 13 , 1861 -- february 15 , 1947 -rrb- was a canadian author . saunders was born in the village of milton , nova scotia , though she spent most of her childhood in berwick , nova scotia where her father was a baptist minister . saunders is most famous for her novel '' beautiful joe '' . it tells the true story of a dog that has had a difficult puppyhood with many obstacles including a cruel owner . it is told from the dog 's point of view . when the book was published in 1893 , both the book and its subject received worldwide attention . it was the first canadian book to sell over a million copies , and by the late 1930s had sold over seven million copies worldwide . in 1934 , saunders was made a commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- . together with fellow canadian author , lucy maud montgomery , saunders co-founded the maritime branch of the canadian women 's press club . following the success of '' beautiful joe '' , saunders wrote more than twenty other stories , a number of which provided social commentary on such things as the abolition of child labor , slum clearance , and the improvement of playground facilities . saunders died in 1947 in toronto , ontario where she had lived for a number of years . she is buried in mount pleasant cemetery in toronto . in 1994 , the beautiful joe heritage society was formed to celebrate the life and story of beautiful joe and the achievements of margaret marshall saunders . a park dedicated to beautiful joe has been established in meaford , ontario , canada
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- death date is february 15 , 1947- genre is children 's literature- birth date is may 13 , 1861- name is margaret marshall saunders- image is margaret marshall saunders 001.jpg- occupation is author