Maurice Leblanc

MAURICE LEBLANC (1864?1941) was born in Rouen, France. Author of numerous novels, he is best remembered now for his short stories and novels featuring the brilliant gentleman-thief, Ars?ne Lupin. There were five collections of Lupin stories: Ars?ne Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (1906), Ars?ne Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (1908), The Confessions of Ars?ne Lupin (1912), The Eight Strokes of the Clock (1922), and Ars?ne Lupin Intervenes (1928).