Muriel Cerf (4 June 1950 – 19 May 2012) was a French novelist and travel writer. She was born in Paris. After passing her Baccalauréat, she studied oriental art at the ÃÂcole du Louvre.
Her first book, L'Antivoyage, was inspired by her travels in Southeast Asia, and was a major critical success. She was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1975 for Le Diable vert.