While Montgomery's work does not feature the other-worldly elements of Meyer's Twilight universe, Meyer appreciated the fact that the Anne of Green Gables series spanned Anne's life. She is quoted as saying,''the series influenced how my series turned out. Because I was never a fan of the stories where everything ends and they kiss at the wedding. Anne of Green Gables started out with her as a child, she had a very fully described adolescence, she had a book-long engagement, we got to see her wedding, we got to see her have her first child and lose her first child, we got to see her children grow up. We got the whole life, and I loved that.''

What do you think? Can you see traces of Anne in Meyer's work?

source: Stephenie Meyer: Dreaming of Twilight by Katherine Krohn (USA Today); ew.com