Mary Shelley

Wrote Frankenstein at eighteen and nineteen years old, a work now widely credited as foundational to modern science fiction as a genre, directly engaging contemporary scientific debates about galvanism and the nature of creation rather than offering a simple morality tale.

After her husband Percy Shelley's death left her a widow, rebuilt her financial independence entirely through her own professional writing and editorial work -- including further novels and extensive scholarly editing of Percy Shelley's poetry -- to support herself and her surviving son.

Began writing what became Frankenstein during the 1816 Geneva ghost-story-writing competition among the Byron-Shelley circle, then substantially expanded the story into a full novel over the following months.

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