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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His collection of Stoker material is now on permanent display at the Writers Museum, Parnell Square, in Dublin.ĭuring the late 1970s Shepard began what is possibly his most important literary effort, as author/editor of the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (1978). Soon after the founding of the society, Shepard produced a companion volume to his earlier work, The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories (1981). He also collected Stoker first editions, autographs, and other memorabilia, and in 1980, he was a founder of the Bram Stoker Society, a literary society to support the recognition of Stoker and other Irish gothic authors such as Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) and Lord Dunsany (1878–1957). Shepard’s compilation of vampire short fiction, The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories, was published in 1977. In the 1970s, Shepard spearheaded the recognition in Ireland of the work of Bram Stoker, both as the acting manager for dramatist Henry Irving and as an Irish author of importance. Since his return from Asia, he has been active with the Hindu community in England. In 1958–59 he spent time in India studying yoga and Hindu metaphysics. He produced and directed a number of films through the 1950s. Leslie Alan Shepard, author and founder of the Bram Stoker Society, began his professional life as a technician for documentary films. Shepard, Leslie Alan (1917–2004) (pop culture) Leslie Shepard, founder of the Bram Stoker Society. ![]()
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