Bernard Werber (born 18 September 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s.

Werber's writing style mixes literary genres, including saga, science fiction and philosophical ideas.

[citation needed] Most of his novels have the same format, alternating between prose and encyclopedic passages that expand upon the ideas in the former.

In addition, he defends the vision of a collectivist global government that acts as the "world police" and that imposes strict birth control.

This is reflected in his novels that incorporate science, the paranormal and spirituality as prominent themes including Thanatonautes (The Thanatonauts), which proposes a spiritualist version of near death experiences and afterlife; L'Empire des Anges (The Empire of the Angels) and Le Mystère des Dieux (The Mystery of the Gods), which describe a connection between souls, angels and gods; and Nos amis les Terriens (Our Earthmen Friends), which describes alien abductions.