Bram Stoker and Agatha Cristie

With several vampire works already published, the
age was ripe for a new one. One that would top
them all. It was the Victorian age, late 1800's and
London Society could not get their fill of grotesqe
horror. The masses were still realing from the
seemingly senseless crimes comitted in the
Whitechapel district by Jack the Ripper, and when
Bram's book, "Dracula," was released, they couldn't
get enough of it. It made perfect sense to them
after all. It wasn't a man who commited the
horrible ,"Ripper" murders. It was a dark and
stelthy Vampire.

Stoker's novel gave him world wide acclaim, and is
still known to be the father of the modern day
vampire. It would seem that such a dark story
would come from a dark man, but that was not the
case.

Bram Stoker was born in 1944 in Dublin Ireland. He
was a sickly child, and due to an unknown illness,
he was bedridden until the age of 7. His mother
often told him horror stories, and it must have
been during those long and lonely Summer days,
that his imagination ran wild.

After his illness was gone, Bram was an active
young man. He enjoyed sports, and theater. He
eventually wrote 18 books, but died in 1908 at age
64.

Written by Sandi Johnson

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 in Devon,
England. She was raised and educated by her
mother at home. Agatha married Colonel
Archibald Christie in 1914, and divorced him in
1926. Later, she married May Mallowan, an
Archeologist.

Agatha wrote 66 of the most popular
detective novels ever written. Her first novel
was "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," in which
she introduced the Belgian detective, Hercule
Poirot. He was in 25 of her novels, and he dies
in "Curtain," written in 1925. Another detective
was Ms. Jane Marple, and elderly spinster who
first appeared in "Murder at the Vicarage," in
1930.

Mary Westmacott was the pseudonym she
used for 6 romance novels.

Other works include an autobiography
entitled "An Autobiography," which was published
after her death, and a play called "The
Mousetrap," which was written in 1952. It was
the longest running play in history.

Agatha Christie's books have sold over
100,000,000 copies worldwide. She died in 1976.

This website was made for kids and families everywhere by the people at Dorp Express, the children's
publications division of Moon-Star Unlimited Inc. The materials on this website are copyright protected, and
may not be reproduced in whole or in part without express written consent from Dorp Express. Inquiries may
be directed to Britt Brundige, editor in chief. You may contact her at editor @ dorpexpress.com.

Want to link to this website? Click on the banner below, and then save the new banner on the
next screen to your computer. Do not link directly to my files! If I suspect bandwidth theft, I
will replace the banner with a very unattractive graphic. Cheers!