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Screenwriter, Book Author, Short Story Author Born: May 6, 1868 in Paris, France Death: April 15, 1927 in Nice, France Biography:Gaston Leroux is remembered today for the novel The Phantom of the Opera and not much else. In his own time, however, he was a celebrated journalist and an international adventurer, and one of the most popular authors of mysteries and dark, occult-related thrillers in the entire world, as well as a flamboyant gambler. It was a life that might easily have come out of a novel, had it not all been true.
Born on May 6, 1868, Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux grew up in a life of relative comfort, developing a love of sailing and swimming, and discovering a serious interest in literature during his childhood. He wrote poetry for his own enjoyment, and was a top student who was seemingly headed for a career as a lawyer. Even as he began studying for that profession, however, Leroux had started writing short fiction and poems for publication. By the time Leroux earned his law degree and was beginning his... Full Biography
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