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Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins was a man who lived a long time ago and he was really good at writing stories that people loved to read. He was born in the olden times in England, in the year 1824. He wrote lots and lots of books, but one of his most famous and exciting ones is called "The Woman in White." The book was all about this woman who wore all white and some really sneaky and bad guys trying to do mean things to her.

Wilkie was really clever with his writing because he was one of the first people to use a lot of different characters and perspectives in his stories. He was like a magician who could make the characters in his books feel like they were real, and that made people love reading even more. He also loved writing about how people thought and felt about things, and he would often include really interesting and complicated relationships in his stories.

Wilkie Collins was loved by a lot of people because he was really clever and creative with his storytelling. Even though he lived a long time ago, people still read and love his books today because they are timeless and always exciting to read.