Emile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by Gaboriau's own detective characters to fashion the legendary Sherlock Holmes. This is one of his most famous works

About the AUTHOR : Émile Gaboriau (9 November 1832 – 28 September 1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction.

Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He was the son of Charles Gabriel Gaboriau, a public official and his mother was Marguerite Stéphanie Gaboriau. Gaboriau became a secretary to Paul Féval, and after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'Affaire Lerouge (1866).