18th-century French novelists

Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (December 8, 1767, Ganges, Hérault – March 25, 1825, Paris) was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi, Gerard Encausse and Édouard Schuré.

Jean Terrasson (31 January 1670 – 15 September 1750), often referred to as the Abbé Terrasson, was a French priest, author and member of the Académie française.

François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (1733, Caen - 25 November 1825), known as Desfontaines or Desfontaines-Lavallée, was a French writer and playwright.

Louis-François Archambault (30 March 1742, Paris - 5 January 1812, Paris), stage name Dorvigny, was a French novelist, actor and playwright, and the inventor of "janotism" (gross errors of language for comic effect).

Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouche (26 November 1715, in Amiens - 28 November 1782), was a French writer.

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Junbient Philadelphe Regnault-Warin (28 Decembrer 1773, Bar-le-Duc – 4 November 1844, Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French novelist, playwright and pamphleteer.

Jean Monnet (Condrieu, Rhône 7 September 1703 - Paris, 1785) was a French theatre impresario and writer.

Joseph Fiévée (9 April 1767 - 9 May 1839) was a French journalist, novelist, essayist, playwright, civil servant (haut fonctionnaire) and secret agent.

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (28 November 1685 – 29 December 1755) was a French author influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers.

Jacques Marie Boutet (25 March 1745 – 13 February 1812) was a French actor and comic playwright from Lunéville.

Fanny de Beauharnais, née Marie-Anne-Françoise Mouchard (4 October 1737, Paris – 2 July 1813), was a French lady of letters and salon-holder.

Françoise de Graffigny, née d'Issembourg Du Buisson d'Happoncourt (11 February 1695 - 12 December 1758), was a French novelist, playwright and salon hostess.

Jean-Baptiste François Xavier Cousin De Grainville (April 3, 1746 – February 1, 1805) was a French writer who wrote a seminal work of fantasy literature: Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) (1805).

Simon Tyssot de Patot (1655–1738) was a French writer and poet during the Age of Enlightenment who penned two very important, seminal works in fantastic literature.

Suzanne Bodin de Boismortier (13 November 1722, Perpignan – 25 June 1799, Paris) was an 18th-century French femme de lettres.

Anne-Hyacinthe de Saint-Léger de Colleville (26 March 1761 – 18 November 1824) was a French novelist and dramatist.

Auguste Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret (1767, Lille – 1843) was a French man of letters.

Barthélemy Imbert (16 March 1747 – 23 August 1790) was an 18th-century French playwright, poet and novelist.

Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, (February 19, 1722 – August 11, 1774), was a French author.

Henri-Lambert d'Herbigny, marquis de Thibouville (1710 in Paris - 1784) was a notable French writer, wit and homosexual.

Charles-Antoine-Guillaume Pigault de l'Espinoy, better known as Pigault-Lebrun, (8 April 1753 - 24 July 1835) was a French novelist and playwright.