Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the author of five novels and numerous works of short fiction, and she is best known for Frankenstein . The daughter of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley was steeped in the progressive ideas of the early 19th-century British Romantic era. Deanna McFadden is the Executive Publishing Director of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group. She is the author of several titles in the Classic Starts® series, including Classic Starts®: Little Women , Classic Starts®: Frankenstein , and Classic Starts®: Grimm's Fairy Tales . She lives in Toronto, Canada.