Wilkie Collins

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a career overview of Wilkie Collins (Writing).
Constraint 1: Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No inventing/guessing titles, names, dates, etc.
Constraint 3: Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Constraint 4: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Constraint 5: Length must be 180-260 words.
Constraint 6: Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Constraint 7: No preamble, no JSON.
Name: Wilkie Collins (also William Wilkie Collins).
Profession: Writer, sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story, pioneer of detective fiction.
Known for: Writing.
Known credits: 34 (TMDB).
Specific works mentioned: The Woman in White (1948), The Moonstone (1934), She Loves and Lies (1920). Note: These dates in IMDb refer to film adaptations, not the original writing dates, but the source lists them under his name.
Background: Developed a gift for inventing tales while a schoolboy at a private boarding school.
Birth/Death: Born January 8, 1824, in Marylebone, London; died September 23, 1889, in London.
Paragraph 1: Identity and Genre.
Wilkie Collins, also known as William Wilkie Collins, was an English sensation novelist and a pioneer of detective fiction. He is recognized as an early master of the mystery story. His talent for inventing tales began during his time as a schoolboy at a private boarding school.
Paragraph 2: Credits and Adaptations.
Collins has 34 known credits in the category of writing. His work has been associated with various productions, including The Woman in White (1948), The Moonstone (1934), and She Loves and Lies (1920). He lived in London's Marylebone for approximately 65 years, having been born there on January 8, 1824.
Refining and Expanding to meet word count (180-260 words):
Current word count is low (~90 words). I need to expand using only provided facts.
Fact check:
"sensation novelist" (Source 3)
"early master of the mystery story" (Source 3)
"pioneer of detective fiction" (Source 3)
"gift for inventing tales while still a schoolboy at a private boarding school" (Source 3)
"Known Credits 34" (Source 1)
"The Woman in White (1948), The Moonstone (1934) and She Loves and Lies (1920)" (Source 2)
"William Wilkie Collins, or Wilkie as he was known to his friends and readers" (Source 5)
"born in London's Marylebone where he lived more or less continuously for 65 years" (Source 5)
Drafting 2nd attempt:
Wilkie Collins, born William Wilkie Collins, was an English sensation novelist and a pioneer of detective fiction. He is described as an early master of the mystery story. Collins developed a gift for inventing tales while he was still a schoolboy attending a private boarding school. Known to his friends and readers as Wilkie, he was born in Marylebone, London, on January 8, 1824, and lived in that area more or less continuously for 65 years.

In terms of his professional output, Collins has 34 known credits for writing. His literary legacy is associated with works