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Wilkie Collins
AuthorBooks · Second hand1824-1889
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
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Birth
1824
Death
1889
First book
1860
Years writing
166
Wilkie Collins is considered the father of the modern detective novel thanks to his work The Moonstone.
Before dedicating himself to literature, he worked as a clerk for a tea merchant in London.
He maintained a close friendship and professional collaboration with the famous writer Charles Dickens.
His childhood was marked by stays in Italy and France, which allowed him to master both languages.
In addition to being a novelist, Collins worked as a barrister, playwright, and journalist throughout his life.