Bram Stoker Abraham (Bram) Stoker was born November 8, 1847 in Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. As a child, Stoker was extremely ill. The first 7 years of his life were filled with endless childhood diseases, which left him bedridden, and thus allowed him to pass much of his time with reading. By the time he went to college, Stoker had overcome his childhood maladies and while attending Trinity College, in Dublin, the honor …showed first 75 words of 494 total…

…showed last 75 words of 494 total…admired actor from those who may try to exploit his fame. Amazingly, Stoker somehow found the time to write fiction. His first book "Under the Sunset" was published in 1882 and was well received by some of the critics, but others thought that Stoker’s fascination with the boundaries of life and death made the book much too terrifying for children. By the time Stoker had received favoring reviews for his romance novel "The Snake's Pass"