Henri Ardel

His sister, Marie-Louise, born 10 May 1877, married Georges Le Cordier; a writer herself, she took the pseudonym "Colette Henri-Ardel" after Berthe's death.

She made her literary debut by sending a short story to Léon de Tinseau [fr] who encouraged her.

[2] These novels were very successful:—[3] "In 1933, Cœur de sceptique was in its 100th edition, Le mal d'aimer, in its 125th, Mon cousin Guy, in its 181st.

"During the last ten years of her life, Ardel was involved in a charity to help poor children and to catechize them.

She was a recipient of the Prix Botta for Cœur de sceptique in 1894,[6] and of the Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1904.