Biography:Budge Marjorie Archibald Wilson was a Canadian writer. She was noted for her work in children's literature. Wilson started her career in writing in her fifties. Her first book was published in 1984, when she was 56. She was the author of Before Green Gables, the prequel to Anne of Green Gables. It was eventually adapted into an animated series in Japan titled Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables.