premise: Stephenie Meyer created Edward Cullen.
hypothesis: Edward Cullen ( né Edward Anthony Masen ) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer 's Twilight series . Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer . Released annually from 2005 through 2008 , the four books chart the later teen years of Isabella `` Bella '' Swan , a girl who moves to Forks , Washington , and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen .