Dacre Stoker

This article is about the Canadian author. For the Irish navy officer and actor whose stage name was Dacre Stoker, see Henry Hugh Gordon Stoker.

Dacre Stoker
Born
Dacre Calder Stoker

(1958-08-23) August 23, 1958
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationSt. Lawrence University
Occupations
SpouseJenness Stoker
RelativesCharlotte Stoker (great-great-grandmother)
Thornley Stoker (great-uncle)
Bram Stoker (great-uncle)
Websitedacrestoker.com

Dacre Calder Stoker (born August 23, 1958) is a Canadian-American writer, teacher and former modern pentathlete and coach based in Aiken, South Carolina.[1][2]

Early life and education

Dacre Calder Stoker was born on August 23, 1958 in Montreal, Quebec to Desmond Neil Stoker (1927–1983) and Eleanor Gail Stoker (née Calder; 1933–2018).[1][3][4][5][6] Stoker's mother was a nurse.[6] Stoker has two sisters.[6]

Through his father Stoker is the great-grandson of the military surgeon George Stoker (1854–1920), and is the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker and great-great-grandson of Charlotte Stoker.[7][8][9]

Stoker was educated at Bishop's College School before studying physical education at St. Lawrence University.[10][11]

Career

Stoker is a former member of the Canadian men's pentathlon team, and was the coach for the 1988 Olympic Canadian pentathlon team.[1][12] Stoker was a teacher at Appleby College and Aiken Preparatory School.[1][13]

In 2009, Stoker co-wrote his debut novel Dracula the Un-dead with Ian Holt, based on Dracula.[1] In 2012, Stoker and Professor Elizabeth Miller published The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years which details sections of a journal written by Bram Stoker between 1871–1882.[14]

Together with Bram Stoker's great-grandson Robin Guy MacCaw, Stoker and his wife Jennes Stroker are the co-owners of Bram Stoker LLC, which represents the descents of Bram Stoker in the UK and controls the international rights and trademarks of the Bram Stoker Estate.[15][16][17][18]

Personal life

Stoker is married to Jenness Stoker (née Fick; born 1954).[3][19]

Bibliography

  • Stoker, Dacre; Holt, Ian (2009). Dracula the Un-dead. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780007310340.
  • Stoker, Dacre (2010). "Foreward". In Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (eds.). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-0786433650.
  • Miller, Elizabeth; Stoker, Dacre, eds. (2012). The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years. London: Robson Press. ISBN 9781849541886.
  • Stoker, Darce; Barker, J.D. (2018). Dracul. New York, New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780735219342.
  • Shepherd, Mike; Stoker, Dacre (2021). Slains Castle's Secret History: Warlords, Churchill, and Count Dracula (1 ed.). Amazon Digital Services. ISBN 979-8469387046.
  • Stoker, Bram (2022). Stoker, Dacre; Eighteen-Bisang, Robert (eds.). Dracula Annotated for the 125th Anniversary. Hellbound Books. ISBN 978-1953905376.

StokerVerse

  • Stoker, Darce; McAuley, Chris (2021). The Virgin's Embrace: A thrilling adaptation of a story originally written by Bram Stoker. StokerVerse. Vol. 1. Stoker McAuley Productions. ISBN 978-1789825497.
  • Stoker, Darce; McAuley, Chris; Peel, John (2021). Dracula's Bedlam. StokerVerse. Vol. 2. Stoker McAuley Productions. ISBN 978-1789828528.
  • Stoker, Darce; McAuley, Chris (2022). Chebsey, Shane (ed.). Dracula - The Return: Book One - The Cult of the White Worm. Scratch Comics.

Audio Dramas

  • Stoker, Darce; McAuley, Chris (2021), Voices of Dracula - Series 1: 10 Short StokerVerse Stories, Andrews UK [20]

Filmography

Year Title Type Director Writer Notes Ref(s)
2021 In Search of Bram Stoker's Castle: Dracula's Castle Documentary film Corneliu Țepeluş Dacre Stoker Also narrator [21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dracula sequel goes back to source". CBC Arts. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ^ "About Us". Aiken Streetscapes. Aiken, South Carolina. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Dacre Calder Stoker". Voter Registration Lists; Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings. 1. U.S. Public Records Index. 1993.
  4. ^ "Desmond Neil Stoker", Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004, Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1959
  5. ^ "STOKER, Desmond Neil". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. 19 May 1983. p. 74. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "STOKER, Eleanor". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. 12 May 2018. p. C13. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  7. ^ Barnett, David (11 October 2018). "21 years after Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', his great-grandnephew has resurrected the vampire... and his creator". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  8. ^ Doyle, Carmel (2009). "Stoker, Sir (William) Thornley". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Stoker's mother 'very ahead of her time'". Irish Independent. Dublin: Mediahuis Ireland. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  10. ^ Matheson, Neil, ed. (1975). "Grads". B.C.S. 1975. Vol. 95. Sherbrooke, Quebec: Bishop's College School. p. 58.
  11. ^ "Seniors". Gridiron 1981 [Yearbook]. Canton, New York: St. Lawrence University. 1981. p. 221.
  12. ^ Kenneth MacKendrick (17 October 2009). "Surprise, revisiting Dracula a marketing plan". Winnipeg Free Press.
  13. ^ "Faculty, Staff and Administration". Aiken Knight 2000. Aiken: Aiken Preparatory School. 2000. pp. 3–6.
  14. ^ Kelly, Stuart (28 April 2012). "Book review: The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker; The Dublin Years". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Bram Stoker Estate". Bram Stoker Estate. Aiken, South Carolina: Bram Stoker LLC. 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Jubilee Address for Queen Victoria". The Nineteenth Century Stage. Marlborough: Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  17. ^ Downes, Daniel (2016). "Transproperty: Intellectual property and the ideal property form". Digital Studies / Le champ numérique. 6 (4). doi:10.16995/dscn.22. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  18. ^ Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company Bram Stoker Limited, Cardiff: Companies House, 2012, retrieved 27 December 2025
  19. ^ "Jenness R Stoker [Jenness Fick] [Jenness Stoker]". Voter Registration Lists; Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings. 1. U.S. Public Records Index. 1993.
  20. ^ "Voices of Dracula - Series 1: 10 Short StokerVerse Stories". Amazon. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  21. ^ "In Search of Bram Stoker's Castle: Dracula's Castle". Timișoara 2023. Timișoara: Ministerul Culturii. 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
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