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William Wilkie Collins 8 January — 23 September was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White , a mystery novel and early sensation novel , and for The Moonstone , 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.

Business DJ "A very strong opinion,the boy`s story,as I believe,has foundation in fact." (The Woman in White-Wilkie Collins).

Born to the London painter William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved with them to Italy when he was twelve, living there and in France for two years, learning both Italian and French. He worked initially as a tea merchant. After Antonina , his first novel, was published in , Collins met Charles Dickens , who became his friend and mentor.

They also collaborated on drama and fiction. Collins gained financial stability and an international following by the s. In the s and s, after becoming addicted to the opium which he took for his gout , the quality of his health declined and, in turn, the reception of his artistic output. Collins criticised the institution of marriage.

He had relationships with two women: widow Caroline Graves — living with her for most of his life, treating her daughter as his — and the younger Martha Rudd, with whom he had three children. Named after his father, he soon became known by his middle name, which honoured his godfather, the painter David Wilkie. The family moved to Pond Street , Hampstead , in In Collins's brother Charles Allston Collins was born.

Between and , the Collins family moved twice, first to Hampstead Square and then to Porchester Terrace , Bayswater. The Collins family were deeply religious, and Collins's mother enforced strict church attendance on her sons, which Wilkie disliked. In , Collins began attending school at the Maida Vale academy.