Gaston Leroux

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Born	May 6, 1868 • Paris • France
Died	April 15, 1927 or April 16, 1927 • Nice • France
Notable Works	“The Phantom of the Opera”

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French author

Petrus Borel

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Émile Gaboriau

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Maurice Leblanc

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Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

Georges Simenon

Belgian-French author

Anna Katharine Green

American author

Carolyn Wells

American writer

Ross Macdonald

American author

Earl Derr Biggers

American novelist and playwright

Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

Jean Tharaud

French writer

Edmond Goncourt

French author

Jules Goncourt

French author

Émile Erckmann

French author

Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

French author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Victor Hugo

French writer

Stendhal

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