ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David J. Skal is one of the world’s foremost authorities on horror in popular culture. His many books include Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen, and The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror. With Nina Auerbach, he is coeditor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He has lectured extensively at leading universities and cultural institutions, including the Musée du Louvre, and has taught successful courses based on his books at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Victoria. His numerous projects as a documentary filmmaker include a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the Academy Award–winning film Gods and Monsters. He lives and writes in Los Angeles.