Claude Arnaud (born 1955) is a French writer, essayist, biographer. He won the 2006 Prix Femina Essai.
He worked as an offset printing activist, and participated with the Workers' Struggle.

From 1977–83 he worked in "Film" monthly, led by Jacques Fieschi. He studied literature at the University of Vincennes. He wrote a play about "the redemptive powers of love," with Bernard Minoret, "Les salons" ("Trade shows"). In 1988, he published a biography of Nicolas Chamfort.

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Romancier (Le caméléon, 1994, prix Femina du premier roman, et Le jeu des quatre coins, 1998, chez Grasset), biographe (Chamfort, Robert Laffont, 1988, prix Léautaud, prix Fénéon, prix de l'Essai de l'Académie française), Claude Arnaud a travaillé aussi pour le cinéma et le théâtre. Il est critique littéraire au Point.