Georges Chaulet

Georges Chaulet (1931-13 October 2012) was a French writer most famous for the series Fantômette.

In 1957, Georges Chaulet proposed his first series, Les 4 As au collège to Hachette, one of France biggest publishers. But Hachette refused to publish it, having just bought the rights to all of Enid Blyton's novels, most notably The Famous Five. Eventually Casterman, another of France main publishers, published Chaulet's work. Very quickly, Les 4 As au collège was adapted as a comic book.

Strengthened by this first success, George Chaulet then proposed a new series titled Fantômette to Hachette, and this time the publishing house accepted. Forty-nine volumes of Fantômette were published from 1961 to 1987 in the Bibliothèque rose series.

In 2006, to celebrate the 150 years of the Bibliothèque rose, and after an eighteen-year absence, Georges Chaulet wrote a new adventure of his favorite heroïne titled Le Retour de Fantômette.

Chaulet died on 13 October 2012, having written more than one hundred and fifty books for youth in the course of his career.