Dracula - Bram Stoker

Stoker, Bram: - Bram Stoker (1847-1912) grew up in Ireland listening to his mother's tales of blood-drinking fairies and vampires rising from their graves. He later managed the Lyceum Theatre in London and worked as a civil servant, newspaper editor, reporter, and theater critic. Dracula , his best-known work, was published in 1897 and is hailed as one of the founding pieces of Gothic literature.