Emile Author is a term used to refer to two French authors, Émile Zola and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Émile Zola was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, and political activist who was a major figure in the French literary naturalism movement. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a philosopher, writer, and composer whose works influenced the development of modern political philosophy and education. Both authors were influential figures in the French Enlightenment.