Colette was one of the most popular French novelists of the first half of the twentieth century. She is best-known for her novel Gigi, made into a popular Lerner and Loewe musical film and stage musical.

Using her pen name as simply "Colette," Sidonie Gabrielle Colette is remembered for her clear expressive feelings toward animals and flowers, and her poignant insights into human behavior, especially of women in love.