Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was born in Dublin. After attending
Dublin University, he spent ten years as an Irish civil servant,
trying to keep up his writing in his free time. By 1871, he had
become the drama critic for the Dublin Mail and had gained
experience as a newspaper editor, reporter, and short story writer.
In 1878 he became the personal assistant to Sir Henry Irving, the
foremost Shakespearean actor of his day, accompanying him on tours
and managing Irving’s theater. After Irving’s death in 1905, Stoker
worked on the literary staff of the London Telegraph. Dracula, his
most famous work, was published in 1897.
Leonard Wolf is a teacher, an author, a leading translator
of Yiddish literature, and an award-winning authority on Gothic
literature and film. He has edited such volumes as Wolf’s Complete
Book of Terror and Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire
Literature.
Jeffrey Meyers has published forty-five books and 630
articles on literature, film, and art. A distinguished biographer,
he’s written lives of Hemingway, Lawrence, Conrad, Poe, Fitzgerald,
Frost, Orwell, Bogart, and Modigliani. He’s had twenty-five works
translated into twelve languages and published on six continents.
He is one of ten Americans who are Fellows of the Royal Society of
Literature, and in 2005 he received an Award in Literature “to
honor exceptional achievement” from the American Academy of Arts
and Letters.
“Stoker gives us the most remarkable scenes of horror...each is
unforgettable, and no movie has quite done justice to any of
them.”—Stephen King
“Those who cannot find their own reflection in Bram Stoker's
still-living creation are surely the undead.”—New York Times Review
of Books
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