Stanislas-Andre Steeman

Stanislas-Andre Steeman (Liege on 23 January 1908 -Menton on 15 December 1970) is an author and Belgian illustrator of French expression. Despite he was a Wallonian, but his family roots actually from Flemish stubs which had settled in Liège for centuries.

He wrote many mystery novels, some of those were adapted to the screen, such as The Murderer Lives at Number 21 or Mystère à Shanghai. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Quai des Orfèvres is based on his novel Légitime défense.

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