Maurice Marie Emile Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. By 1907 Leblanc had graduated to writing full-length Lupin novels, and the reviews and sales were so good that Leblanc effectively dedicated the rest of his career to working on the Lupin stories. In this book: The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar The Hollow Needle, further adventures of Arsene Lupin Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes The Crystal Stopper The Eight Strokes of the Clock 813"