Claudia Nelson is a professor of English at Texas A&M University and author or editor of a number of books, including Family Ties in Victorian England; Invisible Men: Fatherhood in Victorian Periodicals, 1850–1910; the award-winning Little Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850–1929; and Boys Will Be Girls: The Feminine Ethic and British Children’s Fiction.