Philibert Audebrand (31 December 1815 – 10 September 1906) was a French writer, journalist, author of medieval chronicles, satirical verses and historical novels.
In Mémoires d'un passant[1] (Calmann-Lévy, 1893), he dedicated a tasty portrait to Bernard-François Balssa, Honoré de Balzac's father[2] whom he considers as a prodigious person.
He wrote under two pseudonyms: Alpha and Eugène Duvernay.