George ____ is the Belgian author of the Maigret stories (7)

I believe the answer is:

simenon

(Other definitions for simenon that I've seen before include "Maigret creator" , "Belgian crime writer" , "Maigret's creator" , "Foreign writer" , "Maigret author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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