Colette
Bio: Colette's fame extends to being probably the only female writer known by her mononym—She is always and only Colette, though in fact this most feminine of names was her surname: She was born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette on 28 January 1873 in the French village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye.
Her work—mostly at novella length, short and sharp—survives because her chief subject is one that never goes out of fashion