Alicia Sheridan LeFanu

Alicia "Lissy" 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).

Life Le Fanu spent most of her childhood in Dublin with her brother Charles, while Richard and Betsy lived in England. She attended Samuel Whyte's school on Grafton Street briefly, and later was taught by her parents. Her father was instructed by Samuel Johnson to "Turn your daughter [Alicia] loose in a library". Some histories suggest that she acted as a mentor to Lady Morgan. Her nephew, Thomas Sheridan, oversaw the final preparations for the staging of her play, She was buried at St Peter's churchyard. Sheridan Le Fanu was her grandson.

Select bibliography Lucy Osmond. A Story (1804) The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment (1812)