[Jacques Dixmier](http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Dixmier.html) published two books of short stories in science fiction, *L'Aurore des dieux* (1993) and *Le Septième arrhe* (1995).

And one more co-authored with [Alain Connes](http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Connes.html) and Danye Chéreau: [*Le Spectre d’Atacama*](https://www.odilejacob.fr/catalogue/art-et-litterature/romans-scientifiques/spectre-d-atacama_9782738141361.php) (2018); recently [reviewed](http://www.madore.org/~david/weblog/d.2018-06-18.2528.html) by @Gro-Tsen.

[David Bessis](http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/MRAuthorID/621986) published a novel ([*Sprats*](https://www.editions-allia.com/fr/livre/394/sprats), 2005) and a "sentimental atlas" ([*Ars grammatica*](https://www.editions-allia.com/fr/livre/395/ars-grammatica), 2006).

**Recommended:** [Michèle Audin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michèle_Audin), [*La Formule de Stokes, roman*](http://store.cassini.fr/documents-essais-culture-scientifique/2-la-formule-de-stokes-roman.html) (2016); gave me several fits of the giggles in the past hour.