Wilkie Collins was a British novelist and playwright, born on January 8, 1824, in London, England. He was the son of William Collins, a successful landscape painter, and his wife Harriet Geddes. Collins was educated at home and later attended the Maida Vale School in London.
Collins began his literary career as a journalist and worked for various newspapers and magazines. He also wrote plays and short stories, but it was his novels that brought him fame and success. His first novel, Antonina, was published in 1850, but it was his second novel, Basil, that established him as a popular writer.
Collins is best known for his mystery novels, which were hugely popular in the Victorian era. His most famous work, The Woman in White, was published in 1860 and is considered one of the first detective novels in English literature. Other notable works include No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone, which is often considered his masterpiece.
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