and her childhood habit of building "castles in the air" seemed to be key to her creative process as an adult. Two things stood out for me - Mary's daydreamy nature during her childhood, and her self-described writing process during the creation of Frankenstein. It started in 2009 with a reading of Frankenstein, during which I found myself gripped and amazed by Mary Shelley's Author's Introduction. Like most of my books, this one had a long gestation. * Best Non-Fiction Picture Books of 2018, The Children's Book Review * Best Canadian YA & Children's Literature of 2018, CBC Broadcasting * Betsy Bird's 2018 Calde-notts, Fuse 8, School Library Journal * Top of the List Picture Book of 2018, Booklist * Best Books of 2018, New York Public Library * Starred reviews in Publishers' Weekly and Booklist Here are some of the ways the book has been honoured: Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein, published by Tundra Books and illustrated by the amazing Júlia Sardà, has been out in the world for a few months now.
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