Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist and playwright, best known for his sensation novels The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868), the latter often regarded as the first detective novel.[2][1] Born in London to a painter father, he studied law but pursued writing after meeting Charles Dickens in 1851, with whom he collaborated extensively until Dickens's death.[4][5] Collins authored over 25 novels, numerous short stories, plays, and non-fiction pieces, pioneering mystery and detective fiction.[6]
Sensation
Mystery
Detective
The moonstone
The Woman in White: Wilkie Collins' Mysterious Intrigue (The Ultimate Reading Book for All Ages)
The Moonstone
A Fair Penitent and Other Stories
Armadale
The Queen of Hearts
The Woman in White
Blind Love
The Evil Genius
The Moonstone
The Moonstone
Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time
The Black Robe
My Lady's Money
Miss or Mrs?
The Moonstone
Man and Wife
The Moonstone
The Black Robe
The Moonstone
The Dead Secret
The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 6
The Dead Secret
The Woman in White