Edward Cullen is exclusively in books.
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 . In the Twilight film series , Edward is played by actor Robert Pattinson . Twilight : The Graphic Novel is a 2 part comic book miniseries by Young Kim , an adaptation of the first thirteen chapters of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer . Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer .