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GABORIAU (1833–1873)  , French novelist, was born at Saujon (Charente Inferieure) on the 9th of November 1833 . He became secretary to Paul Feval, and, after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'A.aire Lerouge (1866), a detective novel which was published in the Pays and at once made his reputation . The story was produced on the stage in 1872 . A long series of novels dealing with the annals of the police court followed, and proved very popular . Among them are: Le Crime d'Orcival (1867) f Monsieur Lecoq (1869), La Vie infernale (187o), Les Esclaves de Paris (1869), L' Argent des autres (1874) . Gaboriau died in Paris on the 28th of September 1873 .