Émile Gaboriau

Émile Gaboriau
Born(1832-11-09)9 November 1832
Saujon, France
Died28 September 1873(1873-09-28) (aged 40)
Paris, France
GenreDetective fiction
Notable worksMonsieur Lecoq (1868)

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