Step 1 : Introduction to the question "5. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was born at the tail end of the 18th century. What was her given name at birth?"
...1. Miriam Frankincense 2. Martha Washington 3. Pat O'Malley 4. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Contrary to popular belief, Mary Shelley was in fact her real married name - married to the poet Percy Shelley. Legend has it that she conceived of "Frankenstein" after being at a campfire filled with the telling of ghost stories.