Which 19th-century author is generally credited with creating the genre of

the detective novel?

AEdgar Allan Poe
BHerman Melville
CNathaniel Hawthorne
DJames Fennimore Cooper
ERalph Waldo Emerson

Verified Answer :

AEdgar Allan Poe.

He wrote "Murders in the Rue Morgue" in the 1840's for a magazine, since then it has been credited as the first modern detective story.