Sheridan le fanu biography templates

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer celebrated for his ability to evoke the ominous atmosphere of a haunted house[1†].

He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era[1†][2†].

Sheridan le fanu biography templates

Le Fanu worked across several genres, including historical fiction, nonfiction, sensation novels, short stories, and tales of mystery[1†][3†]. Throughout his career, he worked as a journalist, editor, and writer, and he contributed to several newspapers and magazines[1†][3†].

Le Fanu belonged to an old Dublin Huguenot family and was related on his mother’s side to Richard Brinsley Sheridan[1†].

His grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights, and his mother was also a writer, producing a biography of Charles Orpen[1†][2†]. His most well-known works include the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian v