Gaston Leroux (1868–1927) was a French mystery novelist, playwright, and journalist whose most famous work is The Phantom of the Opera.
Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned five coveted Audie Awards, and he has won fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named him a Golden Voice.