Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an early novelist who is most famous for her novel
Frankenstein. She is widely credited as being one of the pioneers of the
Speculative Fiction genre (the others being
Mark Twain,
Jules Verne, and
H.G. Wells). She is also one of the few early female novelists, particularly in the field of
Speculative Fiction, and one of the few female authors whose works are regularly read and dissected by college students everywhere.
She was the daughter of the novelist
William Godwin and
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, one of the earliest feminists, famous for her work
The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest significant modern works in favor women's rights. She pretty much died giving birth to her daughter (eleven days afterwards, to be precise), which may have affected her (that is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's) life and career significantly.
She was married to the famous
Romantic poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Mary Shelley was a very prolific author, writing biographies, poetry, articles, travel journals, and short stories in addition to the novels she is most well-known for. Her novels include:
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