Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

“Both timely and terrifying.” —Gregory Macguire, New York Times–bestselling author of Wicked

Pairing free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations, Mary’s Monster is a unique and stunning biography of Mary Shelley, the pregnant teenage runaway who became one of the greatest authors of all time.

Legend is correct that Mary Shelley began penning Frankenstein in answer to a dare to write a ghost story. What most people don't know, however, is that the seeds...