Christian August Vulpius (23 January 1762 – 25 June 1827) was a German novelist and dramatist.

[1] His sister married the noted German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

[2] In Weimar, Vulpius began, in imitation of Christian Heinrich Spiess, to write a series of romantic narratives: operas, dramas and tales.

A typical "penny dreadful" of the period, it was often translated and much imitated, but unrivaled in its bad eminence.

In 1797, possibly through Goethe's influence, Vulpius obtained employment at the Weimar library, of which he became chief librarian in 1806.