乔瑟夫·雪利登·拉·芬努（Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu，1814 - 1873），爱尔兰恐怖小说作家。他的短篇小说代表作有：《绿茶》、《女吸血鬼卡蜜拉》。

《女吸血鬼卡蜜拉》故事发生在奥地利，描述美丽而充满诱惑性的女主角卡恩司坦伯爵夫人和居于奥地利史提瑞亚省的英**人女儿萝拉之间的故事，伯爵夫人（又名卡蜜拉）白天是萝拉的闺中好友，晚上却回复吸血鬼的面目袭击她。评论认为此书有许多场景充斥女同性恋情感的意味。

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (/ˈlɛfənjuː/; 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.