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Collins, Wilkie

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a number of short stories and plays. T.S. Eliot later described his novel The Moonstone (1868) as "the world's first, longest and best detective story". Collins was one of the most popular authors of his time, both at home and abroad. He was close to Charles Dickens and a notorious...

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Portrait of Barbara Nadel Photo: Oscar Elías /Album / TT (2004)

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Nadel, Barbara

Barbara Nadel is a British author of detective stories. She has offered little information about her personal details. Barbara Nadel is probably not her real name, and she has so far not made her year of birth public. The only information she has revealed is that she was born and raised in the East End of London. She has a degree in psychology, and she has taught the subject. She has also worked...

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