Émile Gaboriau

Émile Gaboriau (1832–1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction. After publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, he found his real gift in L’Affaire Lerouge (The Lerouge Case, 1866). The book introduced an amateur detective, Tabaret, who, like Sherlock Holmes, uses keen observation and logic to solve crimes.