Wilkie Collins
Author's Bio (see also Wikipedia)
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was the author of hundreds of literary works, one of the lucky writers who enjoyed immense popularity in his lifetime. Born to a creative family, young Collins drifted a bit in his choice of career, working as a clerk and contemplating becoming an artist. He settled on writing eventually, publishing his first novel in 1850. Collins was inspired to continue writing when he met Charles Dickens the following year. The two men would be professional colleagues and close friends for many years to come, both titans of the literary world throughout the Victorian age. Collins led a rather solitary life, battling what some suspected to be the drug addiction that fueled the remarkable imagery that permeates some of his most famous gothic tales. Beloved as a master of suspenseful and hauntingly atmospheric novels—among them The Woman in White and The Moonstone—Collins offers just as many thrills and chills as ever to modern readers.
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