'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a noble written by -

Alexandre Dumas, père, (born July 24, 1802, Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France—died December 5, 1870, Puys, near Dieppe), one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19th century.
- Without ever attaining indisputable literary merit, Dumas succeeded in gaining a great reputation first as a dramatist and then as a historical novelist,
- especially for such works as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

Source: Britannica