Edward Cullen Edward Cullen Edward Cullen (né Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series. He is featured in the books "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn", and their corresponding film adaptations, and the as yet unfinished novel "Midnight Sun"—a re-telling of the events of "Twilight" from Edward's perspective. Edward is a telepathic vampire who, over the course of the series, falls in love with, marries, and has a child with Bella Swan, a human teenager who later chooses to become a vampire as well. In the "Twilight" film series, Edward is played by actor Robert Pattinson.
Twilight (Meyer novel) Twilight (Meyer novel) Twilight (stylized as twilight) is a 2005 young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book in the "Twilight" series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington. She is endangered after falling in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Additional novels in the series are "New Moon", "Eclipse", and "Breaking Dawn". "Twilight" received lukewarm reviews. Some praised the novel's tone and its portrayal of common teenage emotions such as alienation and rebellion. Others criticized Meyer's prose and argued the story was lacking in character development. It