Gabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969)[1] was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle.

[3] Following the war, he undertook several jobs including art teacher, journalist and a commercial traveller before starting to write in 1925.

His novel La Peur [fr] (Fear) published in 1930 drew upon his own experiences and formed a damning indictment of the war; althouth the author's attitude became an example of "the standard version of World War I", it was shocking to the post-war society of France.

New York Times reviewed the novel in 2014 as "unadorned yet memorable" and "savagely frank", "radioactive with pure terror".

Other books in French include Clarisse Vernon, Propre à Rien, Chemins de Solitude and Le Petit Général.