Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868–15 April 1927)

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868–15 April 1927) was a French journalist who also wrote
detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for his novel The Phantom of the Opera
(French: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, 1910). It has been made into several films and stage productions
under the same name. His 1907 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated
locked-room mysteries. Leroux was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur in 1909.