Gaboriau
ÉMILE (ga-bo-ryō'), a French writer of detective stories; born in Saujon, Charente-Inférieure, France, Nov. 9, 1835. His early years were a in Saujon, Charente-Inférieure, France, succession of vicissitudes; the army, the law, and even the Church, were in turn till at last he wrote the highly successful romance, "The Lerouge Affair" in 1866.
His works include: "File No. 113" (1867); "The Crime of Orcival" (1867); About the Neck "Monsieur Lecoq" (1869) "The Fall" (1871) ; "The Rope About the Neck" (The Rope About (1873); etc. He died in Paris, Sept. 28, 1873.