Floriane Soulas (born 1989 in Paris), is a French fantasy and science fiction novelist and short story writer, particularly in the steampunk and space opera subgenres.

Born in Paris in 1989, Floriane Soulas attended a preparatory class and then an engineering school, the École des Mines de Carmaux.

Her childhood reading and inspirations include Émile Zola, Victor Hugo and Albert Camus, as well as fantasy works by J. R. R. Tolkien and David Gemmell, and science fiction by Isaac Asimov and George Orwell.

[9] In 2020, Floriane Soulas was awarded the ‘Coup de Coeur’ at the Les Imaginales [fr] festival,[10][11] in recognition of a promising young author.

The novel draws inspiration from Asimov's robots, Star Wars' racing cars and Mass Effect's stations.