Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (April 29, 1780 – January 27, 1844) was an influential French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the "conte fantastique", gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings influenced the later works of Gérard de Nerval.
Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodler wasd known best of all for his dream related vampire tales written after 1820. 