Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery) was brought up by her maternal grandparents in Cavendish, a community in Prince Albert, North-West Territories. She began writing at an early age and kept a diary. ‘On Cape LeForce’, her first poem, was published in The Daily Patriot when she was sixteen. She wrote a number of short stories, which were published in newspapers and magazines. In June 1908, her first book, Anne of Green Gables, was published by L.C. Page & Company. The book was an instant success and soon became a bestseller. She also wrote and published sequels to the book. These included Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne of Windy Poplars (1936), Anne’s House of Dreams (1917), and Anne of Ingleside (1939). In 1910, she published Kilmeny of the Orchard, a romance novel. This was followed by two children’s novels—The Story Girl (1911) and The Golden Road (1913).