Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- Birth Date
- 4/26/1711 - 9/8/1780
- Birth Place
- Rouen, France
- Known For
- Writing
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).
