Children's author Anne Bustard on her favorite picture book biographies and a few collected biographies, too, birthday by birthday.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
August 30 Birthday: Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley, author
Aug. 30, 1797-Feb. 1, 1851
Through the Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein by Sharon Darrow, illustrated by Angela Barrett (Candlewick, 2003)
Focused on the teen years "where some believe that Mary's famous novel took root" this fictionalized picture book biography is a moving account of Shelley, who published her renowned Gothic at the age of nineteen.
A Wikipedia biography of Mary Shelley with additional links is available.