J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu, an Irish author, made significant contributions to Gothic literature, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He held a prominent position as a writer of ghost stories during his era and played a pivotal role in shaping the genre during the Victorian period. M. R. James, another renowned writer of ghost stories, acclaimed Le Fanu by stating that he belonged “absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.”