Joséphine Colomb (née, Bouchet; 4 February 1833 – 17 September 1892) was a 19th-century French children's writer, lyricist, and translator who signed her works, Mme J. Colomb or Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb. She was a recipient of the Montyon Prize (1875) for La fille de Carilès. In 1893, she was a recipient of the Jules-Favre Prize.^[1] Colomb died in 1892.

Joséphine-Blanche Bouchet was born in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée), 1833.^[2] Her parents were Louis (1785-1866), a doctor of medicine, and Marie Anne Julienne Perrine (Langlais) Bouchet (1790-1859).

After her marriage on 14 November 1859 to Louis-Casimir Colomb (1834-1890), an academic, illustrator and writer, she signed her works "Mme J. Colomb" or "Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb". Her books for young people were published in the "Bibliothèque des écoles et des familles" (Library of schools and families) collection of Hachette editions in Paris.^[3] Instead of featuring the usual orphans or unfortunate teenagers common in late 19th century works of juvenile fiction, Colomb constructed characters with minds of their own who often intelligently challenged adult authority. She also published Les Béatitudes, a versified version of the Beatitudes, with music by César Franck.^[2]

Joséphine Colomb died in Villerville (Calvados), 1892.^[2]

The Académie Française awarded her the Montyon Prize in 1875, for La fille de Carilès; and the Jules-Favre Prize in 1893, for Ensemble de son œuvre.^[1]