Quote of the day
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.
Émile Gaboriau
Born: November 9, 1832
Died: September 28, 1873 (aged 40)
Bio: Émile Gaboriau was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction.
Known for:
- Monsieur Lecoq (1868)
- L'Affaire Lerouge (1866)
- The Mystery of Orcival (1867)
- The Count's Millions
- The widow Lerouge (1873)