Bram Stoker

Abraham “Bram” Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. In 1897 Constable published Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel The Un-Dead, albeit with a last minute title change to Dracula. It has since become widely acknowledged as the most famous horror novel ever published.