Alicia Sheridan LeFanu

Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817) was an Anglo-Irish writer. She was the daughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and his wife, writer Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan. She was the sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Betsy Sheridan and the aunt of writer Alicia LeFanu (with whom she is sometimes confused). Select bibliography The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment References 1753 births 1817 deaths 18th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Irish women writers 19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish women writers Irish women dramatists and playwrights Alicia Sheridan Writers from Dublin (city)