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Georges ___MASK20___ Christian Simenon ( 13 February 1903  4 September 1989 ) was a Belgian writer . A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works , Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective ___MASK55___ . Maigret and the Yellow Dog ( French : Le Chien jaune ) is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon . Jules Amedée François Maigret , simply ___MASK55___ or Maigret to most people , including his wife , is a fictional French police detective , actually a " commissaire " or commissioner of the Paris " Brigade Criminelle " ( Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris ), created by writer Georges Simenon .