Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

Nathan C. Kouns, or Nathan Chapman Kouns, was an American writer born in Missouri in 1833 and died in 1890. Reference sources identify him as a lawyer by profession, and one literary biography notes that he also served as State Librarian of Missouri.

He is best known today for Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church. Library and public-domain catalog records connect the novel with Kouns and list him as its author, showing how his work blended fiction with church history and theological controversy.

Although he is not widely known now, Kouns's work has remained accessible through library catalogs, Internet Archive, and Project Gutenberg. That continued availability suggests a writer whose books still attract readers interested in forgotten American fiction and religious historical novels.