Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins was a Victorian-era sensation fiction writer. He is best known for his novels The Woman in White and The Moonstone; his fiction often focused on the plight of Victorian-era women.

• Margaret Atwood on The Woman in White: A Year in Reading (TheMillions.com): "So my choice is Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White, the urspring of the modern thriller. I read this book with one eye and a flashlight when I was too young to appreciate it, so I was pleased to revisit it as an adult, and pleased also to discover why it hasn’t been out of print since its first publication in 1860. An intricate story told from the point of view of many characters, including a tombstone; a mystery to be solved; a sinister but compelling villain; a noble and athletic young hero; and a resolute and courageous female protagonist – all this and landscapes too. And a madhouse. And a boathouse! What pleasures!"

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