Gaston Leroux

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born in Paris and worked there as an author and journalist (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux>Wikipedia</a>). His most famous work is <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera>The Phantom of the Opera</a> as it has been made into films and a musical.