Emile Gaboriau

The Little Old Man of Batignolles

originally published:

1876

awards:

  • 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