Friedrich August Schulze (1 June 1770 – 4 September 1849) was a German novelist, who wrote under the pen name Friedrich Laun. Schulze was born in Dresden. His first novel, Der Mann, auf Freiersfüssen (1801), was favorably received. He wrote many volumes, and with August Apel edited a ghost story anthology, Gespensterbuch ("Book of Ghosts"; 1810–1815). Thomas De Quincey, who translated several of Laun's stories into English, noted his "great popularity" and opined, "the unelaborate narratives of Laun are mines of what is called Fun".
Works by or about Friedrich August Schulze at Wikisource
Works by or about Friedrich Laun at the Internet Archive
F. Laun at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Friedrich August Schulze at the Library of Congress, with 10 library catalogue records