The English author William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) wrote intricately plotted novels of sensational intrigue which helped establish the conventions of modern detective fiction. Wilkie Collins was born in London on Jan. 8, 1824, the son of a successful...
"Make 'em cry, make 'em laugh, make 'em wait." This adage of Wilkie Collins epitomizes his success as the leading sensation novelist of Victorian England. Combining expert plotting with carefully described settings, Collins's novels define the excitement...
Although best known to modern readers as the author of The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868)—which T. S. Eliot and Dorothy Sayers have called the best English detective story—Wilkie Collins made contributions more substantial tha...
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Aprolific writer, Wilkie Collins (1824-89) authored some 25 novels, along with numerous articles, short stories, and plays. He was a close friend and collaborator of his elder contemporary, the novelist Charles Dickens...
A veteran of California lutherie, Steve Helgeson has been building acoustic and electric guitars since the early 1970s. Although he once ran a small factory, he now focuses on making his Moonstone guitars one at a time-and creating his best work ever. Steve...
This month's jewel is displayed in finished jewerly created by award-winning designer Henry Dunay, New York. His mango-green moonstone pendant place 131 cts. of gems horizonatally for a classic yet bold pendant, bezel-set in 18k yellow gold, with matching ring. Dunay mounts the gems...