Category
page 1French historical novelists

Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
Anatole France
French writer (1844–1924)
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
Alexandre Dumas fils
French writer and dramatist (1824–1895)

Prosper Mérimée
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

Théophile Gautier
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
Amin Maalouf
Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
Maurice Druon
French novelist

Eugène Sue
French writer (1804-1857)

Pierre Louÿs
French writer and poet (1870–1925)
Maryse Condé
French author from Guadeloupe

Robert Merle
French writer

Jean-Christophe Rufin
French writer

Paul Féval
French novelist and dramatist 1817-1887

Olivier Weber
French writer
Anne Golon
French writer
David Diop
writer, born 1966
Paul Adam
French novelist (1862–1920)
Bonaventure des Périers
French writer
Christian Jacq
French author and egyptologist
Auguste Maquet
French historian and writer (1813–1888)

Erckmann-Chatrian
thumb|300px|right|Woodburytype of [[Émile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian circa 1875]]
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.
Jean Vautrin
French writer (1933–2015)
Patrick Rambaud
French writer
Michel Zevaco
French writer (1860–1918)
Felix Gras
French poet, notary and magistrate (1844–1901)
Anne-Marie Garat
French writer (1946–2022)
Chantal Thomas
French writer
Marek Halter
Polish and French novelist
Fortuné du Boisgobey
French novelist (1821–1891)
Lucien Bodard
French journalist (1914–1998)

Gilles Lapouge
French journalist (1923–2020)
Comtesse Dash
French writer, editor
Émile Erckmann
French writer (1822-1899)
Gilbert Sinoué
French novelist
Romain Sardou
French writer
Alexandre Chatrian
French writer (1826–1890)
Zoé Oldenbourg
Russian-born French historian and novelist (1916-2002)
Arkan Simaan
Lebanese-French novelist
Léon Cahun
French writer (1841–1900)
Charles Deslys
French writer (1821-1885)
Anne Brenon
French curator and archivist
Charles Dezobry
French writer and historian
Jehanne d'Orliac
French writer and poet (1883–1974)
Michel Peyramaure
French writer and journalist (1922–2023)
Agnes Clancier
French novelist