Paul Féval

Paul Henri Corentin Féval, père (1816–1887) was a French novelist and dramatist.

He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as Le Loup Blanc and the perennial best-seller Le Bossu. He also penned the seminal vampire fiction novels Le Chevalier Ténèbre, La Vampire and La Ville Vampire and wrote several celebrated novels about his native Brittany and Mont Saint-Michel such as La Fée des Grèves.