Emile Gaboriau
L'affaire Lerouge
originally published:
1866
awards:
- Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1866)
- Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1868)
- Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1867)
- Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1869)
- Queen's Quorum(1876)
reference info
bio notes:
born: 11/9/1832
died: 9/28/1873
born as: Emile Gaboriau
French novelist who is best known as the father of the roman policier ("detective novel"). - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature