"Tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead."
French journalist and author of detective fiction Gaston Leroux died #OTD in 1927.
In addition to "The Phantom of the Opera," Leroux wrote several other novels, many of which also explore themes of crime and intrigue. One notable example is "The Mystery of the Yellow Room", first published in 1907, which is considered one of the earliest locked-room mystery novels.
Books by Gaston Leroux at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/112