John William Polidori

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John William Polidori was an English writer and physician, best known for his contribution to the Gothic genre. He is most famously recognized for his novella 'The Vampyre,' which is considered one of the first works of vampire fiction in English literature. Polidori's tale was a product of the famed 1816 summer spent in Switzerland with Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, and others, where the idea for the story was born during a ghost story writing contest. His work not only popularized the vampire archetype but also inspired future generations of authors in the genre.