This week's featured author is Dacre Stoker!
Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (Dutton, 2009), the official Stoker family-sanctioned sequel to Dracula. Dacre is also the co-editor (with Elizabeth Miller) of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (Robson, 2012). Dacre has lectured and presented on Bram Stoker and Dracula in the U.S. and abroad at various engagements, including: in 2008, Vampire-Con (Hollywood, CA), The Dracula Festival, Rosenbach Museum (Philadelphia, PA), Ottawa International Writers Festival, (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Scrittorincitta, the Literary Festival (Cuneo, Italy), Comic-Con International, (San Diego, CA), National Library of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland); in 2009, Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club (New Orleans, LA), San Paulo International Book Fair, (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Rotary District Conference, (Greenville, SC), Spoleto Festival USA, (Charleston, SC), Baylor School, (Chattanooga, TN); in 2011, MENSA Regional Gathering (Greenville, SC), Horror Writers Association, Stoker Weekend (Long Island, NY); and in 2012, Dacre has thus far been engaged to speak and present at 10 different conferences and festivals. Dacre has also appeared and continues to appear on television and in film documentaries showing in Ireland, England, Canada, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany.
To learn more about Dacre, please visit the official site for Dracula the Undead or follow him on Goodreads and Twitter.
Take a look at the Horror Librarian's Reading List for descriptions of Dacre's work. And don't forget to come back Wednesday for the interview!
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