Product Description
by Jim Steinmeyer (Author)
The acclaimed author of The Last Greatest Magician in the World sleuths out literature's iconic vampire, uncovering the source material--from folklore and history, to personas including Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman--behind Bram Stoker's lord of the undead.
Praise for Who Was Dracula? "A fantastic, well-documented story." --Library Journal (starred review) "[A] well-researched and entertaining take on Dracula's origin story." --Publishers Weekly "Who Was Dracula? chronicles the misadventures of Bram Stoker and his numerous friends and colleagues, both famous and obscure, hoping to unearth the recipe for a truly iconic character." --San Francisco Book Review "Who Was Dracula? is a book you'll want to sink your teeth into." --"The Bookworm Sez"Author Biography
JIM STEINMEYER is one of today's most renowned historians of stage magic. He is the acclaimed author of The Glorious Deception and Hiding the Elephant, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. He is also a leading designer of magic illusion who has done work for television, Broadway, and many of the best-known names in modern magic, such as Doug Henning, Siegfried & Roy, and David Copperfield. Steinmeyer has also developed attractions and live shows for the Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, and Dreamworks, and has twice received fellowships from the Academy of Magical Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.
