Françoise-Albine Puzin de La Martinière Benoist (1724–1808)

Françoise-Albine Benoist, née Puzin, was born in Lyon, France, a daughter of Simon Puzin, a linen trimmer, and his wife Blandine Lucquet or Luquet. In 1754, she married Jean-Marie Benoist, a painter and designer. She moved to Paris probably in 1757 or 1758. In 1766, her epistolary novel, Élisabeth, was published anonymously in Amsterdam. She also wrote many other novels, essays, and a few plays that were never produced. She was also a journalist for the Journal des Dames.