Wilkie Collins
/ˌwɪlki ˈkɒlɪnz/
/ˌwɪlki ˈkɑːlɪnz/
- (1824-89) an English writer of novels. His most famous novels are The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868), which is regarded as the first real detective novel in English.
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Wilkie Collins