Alain Duret (29 October 1935 – 13 April 2020) was a French writer. After studying to become a geographer, Duret spent the majority of his career teaching at a large lycée in Paris. He held a doctoral degree in geostrategy from Paris-Sorbonne University, and worked for the newspaper Le Monde for almost thirty years. His works range from geopolitical essays to detective and science fiction novels. He has published around 20 science fiction short stories, and over 100 articles in various newspapers. His works revolved largely around Marxist ideals.