The Phantom of the Opera

卡斯頓．勒胡（Gaston Leroux）
加斯頓·勒胡於 1868 年 5 月 6 日出生於巴黎，在諾曼第接受學校教育後返回巴黎攻讀法律。他極度沉迷賭博，揮霍了繼承的鉅額財產，險些破產。後來，他擔任法院記者和劇評家，之後進入《晨報》（Le Matin）擔任國際記者。期間，他曾前往俄羅斯採訪並報導俄國革命的相關事件。1907 年，他辭去新聞工作，轉向全職寫作，並憑藉小說《黃房間的秘密》（Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune，1908 年）迅速獲得成功。他以備受歡迎的犯罪與驚悚小說聞名，但也創作詩歌與短篇小說。
勒胡最著名的作品《歌劇魅影》（Le Fantôme de l'Opéra）靈感來自他對巴黎歌劇院地下室的探訪，於 1911 年出版。這部作品後來被改編成多部電影，最著名的是安德魯·洛伊·韋伯（Andrew Lloyd Webber）的經典音樂劇版本。加斯頓·勒胡於 1927 年 4 月 15 日去世。

米瑞耶·里比耶（Mireille Ribière）
米瑞耶·里比耶是一位自由作家與譯者，擁有倫敦大學關於20世紀法國文學的博士學位。她是法國作家喬治·佩雷克（Georges Perec）作品研究的著名專家，在20世紀文學、攝影及視覺藝術領域有廣泛的出版成果。

Gaston Leroux (Author)
Gaston Leroux was born on 6 May 1868 in Paris and after school in Normandy, he returned to Paris to study law. His extreme gambling is well-documented after he squandered the millions he had inherited, narrowly escaping bankruptcy. He worked as a court reporter and theatre critic before landing a job as an international correspondent for Le Matin. During this time Leroux travelled to Russia to experience and report on the Russian Revolution. In 1907 he gave up journalism to become a writer, and quickly found success with Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune (1908). He became well-known for his popular and acclaimed crime and thriller novels, but Leroux also wrote poetry and short fiction. His most famous work, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), was inspired by a tour of the cellars at the Paris Opera, and published in 1911. The story has been adapted for film and, most notably, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical. Gaston Leroux died on 15 April 1927.

Mireille Ribière (Translator)
Mireille Ribière is a freelance author and translator. She holds a PhD in twentieth-century French literature from the University of London and is a well-known specialist of the work of French writer Georges Perec. She has published extensively in the fields of twentieth-century literature, as well as photography and the visual arts.