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Dacre Stoker

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]

Dacre Stoker
Born
Dacre Calder Stoker

(1958-08-23) August 23, 1958 (age 67)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationSt. Lawrence University
Occupations
SpouseJenness Stoker
RelativesCharlotte Stoker (great-great-grandmother)
Thornley Stoker (great-uncle)
Bram Stoker (great-uncle)
Websitedacrestoker.com

Early life and education

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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

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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

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

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

Filmography

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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

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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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