Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (1863 – 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. Couperus is considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. In 1923, he was awarded the Tollensprijs (Tollens Prize).

Footsteps of Fate (Dutch: Noodlot) is a novel written by Louis Couperus and published in 1891.

Old People and the Things that Pass (Dutch: Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbij gaan...) is a novel written by Louis Couperus and published in 1906,