Karl Friedrich Kahlert

Karl Friedrich Kahlert (25 September 1765 – 8 September 1813) also known by the pen names Lawrence Flammenberg or Lorenz Flammenberg and Bernhard Stein was a German author of gothic fiction. He is best known for ''The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest'', an English translation by Peter Teuthold of his ''Der Geisterbanner: Eine Wundergeschichte aus mündlichen und schriftlichen Traditionen'', which is one of the seven 'horrid novels' referenced by Jane Austen in ''Northanger Abbey''. Through this work, he was a major influence on gothic literature in England, including Matthew Lewis's ''The Monk''. Provided by Wikipedia