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| birth_date = August 23, 1958
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| nationality = Canadian-US
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| occupation = author, sportsman, filmmaker.
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'''Dacre Calder Stoker''' (born August 23, 1958) is the great grand-nephew of [[Bram Stoker]] and the international best-selling co-author of ''Dracula the Un-Dead'' (2009), and ''Dracul'' (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of ''The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years'' (2012). Dacre is a native of Montreal, Canada, he taught Physical Education and Sciences for twenty-two years, in both Canada and the U.S. He also participated in the sport of Modern Pentathlon as an athlete and a coach at the international and Olympic levels for Canada for 12 years.
'''Dacre Calder Stoker''' (born August 23, 1958) is a Canadian-US author, sportsman and filmmaker.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Stoker was born in [[Montreal, Quebec]] to Desmond Neil Stoker and E.G. Calder.<ref>[http://www.phantastik-couch.de/dacre-stoker.html "Dacre Stoker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014015700/http://www.phantastik-couch.de/dacre-stoker.html |date=2012-10-14 }}. Phantastik-Couh.de. Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> He is the great-grandnephew of Irish author [[Bram Stoker]], the author of the 1897 [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] novel ''[[Dracula]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dacre Stoker Writes Sequel to Bram's Classic |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8880582 |work=[[ABC News]] |date=21 October 2009 |accessdate=10 July 2010 }}</ref> He lived in his childhood in Montreal, Quebec<ref name=DraculaUndead>[http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/Dracula_the_Un-Dead/Dacre_Stoker.html "Dacre Stoker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130215604/http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/Dracula_the_Un-Dead/Dacre_Stoker.html# |date=2012-11-30 }}. Dracula The Un-dead. Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> and attended the Bishop's College School.{{Dead link|date=October 2012}}<ref>[http://www.therobsonpress.com/authors/158 "Dacre Stoker - Authors - The Robson Press"]{{Dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref> He taught for several years at [[Appleby College]].
Stoker was born in [[Montreal, Quebec]] to Desmond Neil Stoker and E. G. Calder.<ref>[http://www.phantastik-couch.de/dacre-stoker.html "Dacre Stoker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014015700/http://www.phantastik-couch.de/dacre-stoker.html |date=2012-10-14 }}. Phantastik-Couh.de. Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> He is the great-grandnephew of Irish author [[Bram Stoker]], the author of the 1897 [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] novel ''[[Dracula]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dacre Stoker Writes Sequel to Bram's Classic |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8880582 |work=[[ABC News]] |date=21 October 2009 |accessdate=10 July 2010 }}</ref> He lived in his childhood in Montreal, Quebec<ref name=DraculaUndead>[http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/Dracula_the_Un-Dead/Dacre_Stoker.html "Dacre Stoker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130215604/http://www.draculatheun-dead.com/Dracula_the_Un-Dead/Dacre_Stoker.html# |date=2012-11-30 }}. Dracula The Un-dead. Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> and attended the Bishop's College School.{{Dead link|date=October 2012}}<ref>[http://www.therobsonpress.com/authors/158 "Dacre Stoker - Authors - The Robson Press"]{{Dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref> He taught for several years at [[Appleby College]].


Stoker is a former member of the Canadian men's pentathlon team.<ref name=WFP>{{cite news |title=Surprise, revisiting Dracula a marketing plan |author=Kenneth MacKendrick |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=October 17, 2009 |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/surprise-revisiting-dracula-a-marketing-plan-64689482.html}}</ref> He coached the team at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/dracula-sequel-goes-back-to-source-1.813756 |title=Dracula sequel goes back to source |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=October 28, 2009}}</ref>
Stoker is a former member of the Canadian men's pentathlon team.<ref name=WFP>{{cite news |title=Surprise, revisiting Dracula a marketing plan |author=Kenneth MacKendrick |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=October 17, 2009 |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/surprise-revisiting-dracula-a-marketing-plan-64689482.html}}</ref> He coached the team at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/dracula-sequel-goes-back-to-source-1.813756 |title=Dracula sequel goes back to source |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=October 28, 2009}}</ref>


== Films ==
Because of the Stokers' frustrating history with ''Dracula''{{'}}s copyright, Dacre, with encouragement from screenwriter Ian Holt, decided to write "a sequel that bore the Stoker name" to "reestablish creative control over" the original novel with the Stoker Estate. In 2009, ''[[Dracula the Un-dead]]'' was released, written by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Both writers claim to have "based [their work] on Bram Stoker's own handwritten notes for characters and plot threads excised from the original edition" along with their own research for the sequel, though the plot and characters often directly contradict the original novel. This also marked Dacre Stoker's writing debut.<ref>''Dracula: The Un-Dead'' by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt</ref><ref>[http://www.draculatheundead.com/stoker-book-overview.htm ''Dracula: The Undead'''s overview]</ref> ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'' reviewer Kenneth MacKendrick called it "tempting enough to read and bad enough to be controversial, striking a balance between sensationalism and mediocrity".<ref name=WFP/>
Stoker has consulted and appeared in recent film documentaries about vampires in literature and popular culture: ''The Real Vampire Files'' (2010 History Channel), ''The Tillinghast Nightmare'' (2014, Historical Haunts), ''Secrets of the Dead'' (2015 PBS), ''Mysteries at the Museum'' (2017 Travel Channel), ''Legend Hunter'' (2019 Travel Channel), ''American Vampires'' (2022 Fox Nation).


Stoker has two documentary films in production in 2024: ''The Search for Dracula's Castle'', directed by Cornelius Tepelus and written by Dacre Stoker, and ''The Father of Dracula'', directed by Jason Figgis and written by John West.
Stoker contributed to ''Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010'', along with [[Caroline Joan S. Picart|Caroline Joan Picart]], [[David J. Skal]], [[J. Gordon Melton]] and [[John Edgar Browning]].<ref name=Browning1>{{cite book|last=Browning|first=John Edgar|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010.|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786433650}}</ref>


Stoker contributed to ''Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010'', along with [[Caroline Joan S. Picart|Caroline Joan Picart]], [[David J. Skal]], [[J. Gordon Melton]] and [[John Edgar Browning]].<ref name="Browning1">{{cite book|last=Browning|first=John Edgar|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010.|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786433650}}</ref>
Stoker directed, produced and wrote the 2011 documentary film ''Dracula Meets Stoker''.

In 2016, Stoker, with his colleague Hans C. De Roos, was working on a Bram Stoker/Dracula travel guide which will identify real-life locations mentioned in Stoker's novel as well as highlight the places Bram grew up in.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dracula Lives Interview with Bram Stoker's Descendant : Haunted : Travel Channel|url = http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/dracula-lives|website = Travel Channel|access-date = 2016-01-19}}</ref>


In 2018, he released ''[[Dracul (novel)|Dracul]]'', a prequel to ''Dracula'' which he wrote alongside [[J. D. Barker]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Apostolides |first=Zoë |date=October 26, 2018 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3edc8192-d778-11e8-aa22-36538487e3d0 |title=Dracul by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker — encounter culture |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |accessdate=February 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Spry |first=Jeff |date=October 2, 2018 |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dacre-stoker-and-jd-barker-sink-their-pens-into-new-dracula-prequel-novel-dracul |title=Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker Sink Their Pens Into New Dracula Prequel Novel, Dracul|publisher=[[Syfy Wire]]|accessdate=February 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shapiro|first=Lila|date=2018-10-03|title=Dracul Sets Out to Prove That Count Dracula Really Lived|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/dracul-dacre-stoker-dracula-prequel.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> Paramount has purchased the rights for the movie. Director [[Andy Muschietti]], ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' producers [[Barbara Muschietti]] and [[Roy Lee]] have been hired to work on it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2017-09-05|title=Paramount Bites Into ‘Dracul’: ‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti In Mix|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/dracul-vampire-prequel-andy-muschietti-paramount-pictures-bram-stoker-1202161522/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2018, he released ''[[Dracul (novel)|Dracul]]'', a prequel to ''Dracula'' which he wrote alongside [[J. D. Barker]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Apostolides |first=Zoë |date=October 26, 2018 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3edc8192-d778-11e8-aa22-36538487e3d0 |title=Dracul by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker — encounter culture |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |accessdate=February 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Spry |first=Jeff |date=October 2, 2018 |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dacre-stoker-and-jd-barker-sink-their-pens-into-new-dracula-prequel-novel-dracul |title=Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker Sink Their Pens Into New Dracula Prequel Novel, Dracul|publisher=[[Syfy Wire]]|accessdate=February 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shapiro|first=Lila|date=2018-10-03|title=Dracul Sets Out to Prove That Count Dracula Really Lived|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/dracul-dacre-stoker-dracula-prequel.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref> Paramount has purchased the rights for the movie. Director [[Andy Muschietti]], ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' producers [[Barbara Muschietti]] and [[Roy Lee]] have been hired to work on it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2017-09-05|title=Paramount Bites Into ‘Dracul’: ‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti In Mix|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/dracul-vampire-prequel-andy-muschietti-paramount-pictures-bram-stoker-1202161522/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Tours ==
Stoker currently hosts tours with the Experience Transylvania Tour Company to visit places where Bram Stoker lived, worked, researched, and wrote ''Dracula'', including, [[Dublin]], Ireland, Whitby, England, and Cruden Bay, Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ireland Tour |url=http://dacrestoker.com/tours/ireland-tour/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Dacre Stoker |language=en-US}}</ref> He also leads groups to Transylvania to explore the life and times of the historic Vlad Dracula III, as well as the locations where Bram Stoker set his famous novel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Romania Tour |url=http://dacrestoker.com/tours/romania-tour/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Dacre Stoker |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Lectures & Recent Work ==
Dacre is a sought-after speaker for his ''Stoker on Stoker'' audio-visual presentations, which highlight Bram Stoker's life as well as his research and writing of ''Dracula''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speaking |url=http://dacrestoker.com/speaking/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Dacre Stoker |language=en-US}}</ref>

Dacre's recent work includes ''Dracula, Annotated for the 125th Anniversary'' (2022) with Robert Eighteen-Bisang, ''Dracula's Bedlam'' (2021) with Chris McAuley and John Peel, ''The Virgin's Embrace (2021)'' with Chris McAuley (a graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker's short story ''The Squaw'' [''1893''])'','' and ''Dracula The Return, Cult of the White Worm'' (2022) with Chris McAuley (an original graphic novel)''.'' He has released short stories with author Leverett Butts, including: ''Last Days'' in ''[[Weird Tales]]'' Magazine January 2021, ''The Tired Captain'' in FX's ''Sherlock Holmes Anthology'', ''Enter the Dragon'' in the C''lassic Monsters Unleashed'' Anthology January 2022, and ''The Lost Warrior'' in the ''Dracula UnFanged'' Anthology.

== The StokerVerse ==
Dacre Stoker has teamed up with Chris McAuley to create the StokerVerse, a range of novels, audio, comics, short stories, RPGs, board and video game franchise emanating from all of Bram Stoker's life's work. Recently they have provided backstories, insight, and a license to these game creators:

* Dracula RPG Nightfall Games 2022
* Dracula Crooked Dice 7TV Wargame 2022
* Dracula Dark Reign, a retro hand held video game expected out in 2024


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Stoker lives with his wife, Jenne Stoker, and their two children in [[Aiken, South Carolina]], where he is the executive director of the Aiken Land Conservancy.<ref name=DraculaUndead/>
Stoker lives with his wife, Jenne, in [[Aiken, South Carolina]], where he is the executive director of Aiken Streetscapes, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Aiken's grand trees.


== Bibliography ==
== Selected Bibliography ==


* 2009, ''Dracula: The Un-Dead'' {{ISBN|978-0525951292}}
* ''Dracula: The Un-Dead'', 2009 {{ISBN|978-0525951292}}
* ''Bram Stoker's Lost Journal: The Dublin Years,'' 2012 ISBN 978-1-953905-18-5
* 2018, ''Dracul'' (co-author with [[J. D. Barker|J.D. Barker]]) {{ISBN|978-0735219342}}
* ''Dracul'', 2018 (co-author with [[J. D. Barker|J.D. Barker]]) {{ISBN|978-0735219342}}
* 2021, ''The Virgin's Embrace: A thrilling adaptation of a story originally written by Bram Stoker'' (Stokerverse) {{ISBN|978-1789825503}}
* ''The Virgin's Embrace: A thrilling adaptation of a story originally written by Bram Stoker'', 2021 (with Chris McAuley) {{ISBN|978-1789825503}}
* 2021, ''Dracula's Bedlam'' (StokerVerse Book 2) {{ISBN|978-1789828528}}
* ''Dracula's Bedlam'', 2022 (with Chris McAuley and John Peel) {{ISBN|978-1789828528}}
* ''Slains Castle's Secret History: Warlords, Churchill, and Count Dracula'', 2022 (co-author with Mike Shepherd) ISBN 978-1-953905-28-4
* ''Dracula, Annotated for the 125th Anniversary'', 2022 (with Robert Eighteen-Bisang) {{ISBN|978-1-953905-38-3}}
* ''Dracula The Return, The Cult of the White Worm'', edition #1 Scratch Comix, 2023
* ''Dracula The Return, The Cult of the White Worm'', edition #2 Scratch Comix 2024


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 06:12, 15 April 2024

Dacre Stoker
Born
Dacre Calder Stoker

(1958-08-23) August 23, 1958 (age 65)
NationalityCanadian-US
Occupation(s)author, sportsman
Websitehttp://dacrestoker.com/

Dacre Calder Stoker (born August 23, 1958) is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), and Dracul (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (2012). Dacre is a native of Montreal, Canada, he taught Physical Education and Sciences for twenty-two years, in both Canada and the U.S. He also participated in the sport of Modern Pentathlon as an athlete and a coach at the international and Olympic levels for Canada for 12 years.

Biography[edit]

Stoker was born in Montreal, Quebec to Desmond Neil Stoker and E. G. Calder.[1] He is the great-grandnephew of Irish author Bram Stoker, the author of the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.[2] He lived in his childhood in Montreal, Quebec[3] and attended the Bishop's College School.[dead link][4] He taught for several years at Appleby College.

Stoker is a former member of the Canadian men's pentathlon team.[5] He coached the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[6]

Films[edit]

Stoker has consulted and appeared in recent film documentaries about vampires in literature and popular culture: The Real Vampire Files (2010 History Channel), The Tillinghast Nightmare (2014, Historical Haunts), Secrets of the Dead (2015 PBS), Mysteries at the Museum (2017 Travel Channel), Legend Hunter (2019 Travel Channel), American Vampires (2022 Fox Nation).

Stoker has two documentary films in production in 2024: The Search for Dracula's Castle, directed by Cornelius Tepelus and written by Dacre Stoker, and The Father of Dracula, directed by Jason Figgis and written by John West.

Stoker contributed to Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010, along with Caroline Joan Picart, David J. Skal, J. Gordon Melton and John Edgar Browning.[7]

In 2018, he released Dracul, a prequel to Dracula which he wrote alongside J. D. Barker.[8][9][10] Paramount has purchased the rights for the movie. Director Andy Muschietti, It producers Barbara Muschietti and Roy Lee have been hired to work on it.[11]

Tours[edit]

Stoker currently hosts tours with the Experience Transylvania Tour Company to visit places where Bram Stoker lived, worked, researched, and wrote Dracula, including, Dublin, Ireland, Whitby, England, and Cruden Bay, Scotland.[12] He also leads groups to Transylvania to explore the life and times of the historic Vlad Dracula III, as well as the locations where Bram Stoker set his famous novel.[13]

Lectures & Recent Work[edit]

Dacre is a sought-after speaker for his Stoker on Stoker audio-visual presentations, which highlight Bram Stoker's life as well as his research and writing of Dracula.[14]

Dacre's recent work includes Dracula, Annotated for the 125th Anniversary (2022) with Robert Eighteen-Bisang, Dracula's Bedlam (2021) with Chris McAuley and John Peel, The Virgin's Embrace (2021) with Chris McAuley (a graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker's short story The Squaw [1893]), and Dracula The Return, Cult of the White Worm (2022) with Chris McAuley (an original graphic novel). He has released short stories with author Leverett Butts, including: Last Days in Weird Tales Magazine January 2021, The Tired Captain in FX's Sherlock Holmes AnthologyEnter the Dragon in the Classic Monsters Unleashed Anthology January 2022, and The Lost Warrior in the Dracula UnFanged Anthology.

The StokerVerse[edit]

Dacre Stoker has teamed up with Chris McAuley to create the StokerVerse, a range of novels, audio, comics, short stories, RPGs, board and video game franchise emanating from all of Bram Stoker's life's work. Recently they have provided backstories, insight, and a license to these game creators:

  • Dracula RPG Nightfall Games 2022
  • Dracula Crooked Dice 7TV Wargame 2022
  • Dracula Dark Reign, a retro hand held video game expected out in 2024

Personal life[edit]

Stoker lives with his wife, Jenne, in Aiken, South Carolina, where he is the executive director of Aiken Streetscapes, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Aiken's grand trees.

Selected Bibliography[edit]

  • Dracula: The Un-Dead, 2009 ISBN 978-0525951292
  • Bram Stoker's Lost Journal: The Dublin Years, 2012 ISBN 978-1-953905-18-5
  • Dracul, 2018 (co-author with J.D. Barker) ISBN 978-0735219342
  • The Virgin's Embrace: A thrilling adaptation of a story originally written by Bram Stoker, 2021 (with Chris McAuley) ISBN 978-1789825503
  • Dracula's Bedlam, 2022 (with Chris McAuley and John Peel) ISBN 978-1789828528
  • Slains Castle's Secret History: Warlords, Churchill, and Count Dracula, 2022 (co-author with Mike Shepherd) ISBN 978-1-953905-28-4
  • Dracula, Annotated for the 125th Anniversary, 2022 (with Robert Eighteen-Bisang) ISBN 978-1-953905-38-3
  • Dracula The Return, The Cult of the White Worm, edition #1 Scratch Comix, 2023
  • Dracula The Return, The Cult of the White Worm, edition #2 Scratch Comix 2024

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dacre Stoker" Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Phantastik-Couh.de. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Dacre Stoker Writes Sequel to Bram's Classic". ABC News. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Dacre Stoker" Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. Dracula The Un-dead. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Dacre Stoker - Authors - The Robson Press"[dead link]
  5. ^ Kenneth MacKendrick (17 October 2009). "Surprise, revisiting Dracula a marketing plan". Winnipeg Free Press.
  6. ^ "Dracula sequel goes back to source". CBC News. 28 October 2009.
  7. ^ Browning, John Edgar (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433650.
  8. ^ Apostolides, Zoë (26 October 2018). "Dracul by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker — encounter culture". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  9. ^ Spry, Jeff (2 October 2018). "Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker Sink Their Pens Into New Dracula Prequel Novel, Dracul". Syfy Wire. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. ^ Shapiro, Lila (3 October 2018). "Dracul Sets Out to Prove That Count Dracula Really Lived". Vulture. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  11. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (5 September 2017). "Paramount Bites Into 'Dracul': 'It' Director Andy Muschietti In Mix". Deadline. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Ireland Tour". Dacre Stoker. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Romania Tour". Dacre Stoker. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Speaking". Dacre Stoker. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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