Bram Stoker

• Bram Stoker was born Abraham Stoker on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, north of Dublin, Ireland.

• Stoker was number three of seven children.

• Stoker was always ill as a child so he had time to read many books and listen to the horror stories his mother told him.

• That led him to write ghost stories as a child.

•  After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin in 1868 with honors in mathematics, Stoker took a civil service position, but he most enjoyed going to the theater in his free time.

•  In 1882, Stoker published his first book, Under the Sunset, a book of twisted children's stories.

• Eight years later, he published his first novel, The Snake's Pass.

• In 1897 he published Dracula, which really gave him attention from the critics.

• Nearing the end of his life Stoker and his wife became poor, and he looked to others for help.

• Stoker died of syphilis on April 20, 1912, in London.