Though he’s hardly the first writer to pen a novel about vampires, and certainly did not invent the vampire, Stoker invented the blood-sucking mythological creature’s modern form. As such, he is regarded as the unsung hero of the modern vampire/zombie mania that Hollywood and the publishing industry sunk its teeth into with such works as the “Dracula” movies, “Twilight,” “Vampire Diaries,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “True Blood,” and many more. Thanks to Stoker, modern Americans can’t stop feeding on vampire culture.
