Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu / Year: 1814-1873 / Genre:Gothic "Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla."Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema.