Bram (Abraham) Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1847. His father was a civil servant and his mother was a charity worker and a writer. He studied math at Trinity College and after graduation became a civil servant just like his father. In the meantime, he worked as a journalist and a drama critic. He joined the drama circuits and met actor Henry Irving who later became his lifelong friend. Stoker published his first novel The Snake’s Pass in 1890, which was inspired much by the Irish tales and legends.