1847-1912. Irish novelist, actor, theatre
manager, and author. His novel Dracula 1897
crystallized most aspects of the traditional
vampire legend and became the source for all
subsequent popular fiction and films on the
subject. Stoker wrote a number of other
stories and novels of fantasy and horror,
such as The Lady of the Shroud 1909. A civil
servant from 1866 to 1878, he then became
business manager to the theatre producer
Henry Irving.