Gaston Leroux(1868-1927)was a French journalist, playwright, and
detective/thriller writer. After beginning his career as a crime
reporter and war correspondent, he lived an adventurous life that
took him to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and even into North Africa
disguised as an Arab. His high-spirited, often dangerous, escapades
and questioning nature provided much of the background and plot
material for his sensational mystery and adventure stories,
particularly those starring his reporter/sleuth Joseph
Rouletabille. One of his most famous detective novels, The Mystery
of the Yellow Room, was published in 1907. His works have been
called "among the finest examples of the detective stories we
possess." But Leroux's best-known story is The Phantom of the Opera
(1911), whose macabre hero has been played in films by classic
horror film stars Lon Chaney and Claude Rains.
Dr. John L. Flynn is a Chicago-born author, university professor,
psychologist, and science-fiction enthusiast. Among his published
words are Cinematic Vampires, Dissecting Aliens, Visions in Light
and Shadow, and Phantoms of the Opera. A lifelong fan of Gaston
Leroux, Dr. Flynn was inspired to write his definitive study of the
Opera Ghost after seeing Michael Crawford on Broadway in Andrew
Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical. In 1997, he switched
gears from writing and literature to study clinical psychology.
Today, he lives in Baltimore and is a department chair at Baltimore
City Community College.
J. R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous
novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. With
millions of copies of her books in print, she is at the forefront
of the urban fantasy/paranormal romance genre.
“Ingenious . . . breathless suspense.”—The Nation
"Ingenious . . . breathless suspense."-The Nation
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