**Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French author who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon.*--Wikipedia*** Born: Apr 26, 1711, Rouen, France Died: Sept 8, 1780, Chavanod, Savoy (now France) Occupation:Novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne-Marie_Leprince_de_Beaumont http://www.rouen-histoire.com/Leprince/Leprince.htm