Award-winning Author
Budge attended Branksome for one year, jumping from Grade 11 in Nova Scotia to Grade 13 in Toronto. She began her writing career at the age of 50, and is the author of more than 30 children’s books. Her recent book, Before Green Gables, is the prequel to the Anne of Green Gables story.
In 2008, her book won the Atlantic Booksellers’ Choice Award and the National IODE Violet Downey Award. Before Green Gables was also named an IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honour Book. Budge was invested with the Order of Canada in 2005.