Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux was a French detective fiction author and journalist. He is famously known for writing The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, 1910), which was adapted into several stage productions and films of the same name. Notable adaptations include the 1925 film featuring Lon Chaney and the 1986 musical starring Andrew Lloyd. The book was also the basis of the 1990 book Phantom authored by Susan Kay.