Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as... Wikipedia
Born: August 28, 1814, Dublin, Ireland
Died: February 7, 1873 (age 58 years), Dublin, Ireland
Influenced by: Ann Radcliffe, Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and more
Children: George Brinsley Le Fanu, Thomas Philip Le Fanu, Emma Lucretia Le Fanu, and more
Grandchildren: George Brinsley Sheridan Le Fanu and Marian Emma Le Fanu
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