Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
AKA: Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de BeaumontBirthday: 1711-04-26
Died: 1780-09-08
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).