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Creator: Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German Nobel Prize winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for his Magnum Opus, The Glass Bead Game. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.

Works include:

Peter Camenzind
Beneath the Wheel
Gertrude
Rosshalde
Knulp
Demian
Siddhartha
Steppenwolf
Narcissus and Goldmund
Journey to the East
The Glass Bead Game, originally published as Magister Ludi.
Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse's books provide examples of:

Author Avatar: You'll find the initials H.H. a lot in Hesse's work.
Attractive Bent Gender: Hermine in Steppenwolf.
Betty and Veronica: In Gertrude, Gertrude is Archie, to Kuhn's Betty and Muoth's Veronica.
The Black Death: In Narcissus and Goldmund
Burn the Witch!
Calvinball: How exactly the Glass Bead Game goes is never fully explained....
Casanova Wannabe: Emil
The Charmer: Goldmund, of Narcissus and Goldmund.
Child Prodigy: Often a deconstruction, as in Beneath the Wheel.
The Drifter: Knulp
Eccentric Mentor
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Kamala in Siddhartha.
Hot Mom: Demian's mother.
Ineffectual Loner: Harry in Steppenwolf.
Innocence Lost: The beginning of Demian.
Mentor Archetype
The Muse: Gertrude to Kuhn, and Demian has one too.
The Plague: Very relevant to Narcissus and Goldmund.
Troubled Child