Wilkie Collins was a master of the sensation fiction genre. He wrote multiple bestselling novels and further defined and expanded the genre. He is most famous for his rich multiple character narrations, overly detailed descriptions and genius plots, with complicated conflicts and emotional denouements. Collins had a very successful career as a writer of sensation novels and plays for the theater. He was an actor himself and his love for the theatre brought him closer to his long term friend and mentor Charles Dickens. Collins was influenced by numerous aspects of his life and he drew his inspiration for his novels from those sources. Collins is famous for bringing out the most sensational from everyday life. He had a tendency to voice the socially disadvantaged groups in his novels and shine a light on inaccurate Victorian norms. His gender views also stand out, as he advocated emancipated and transgressive female and effeminate male characters throughout his novels. He masterfully uses different narrative techniques and enticing plots to craft his ingenious design. The thesis aims to tackle these aspects in connection to his personal life and analyze the following novels: The Woman in White (1860), No Name (1862) and The Moonstone (1868). Collins successfully managed to merge genres of detective novels, mysteries and melodrama. His work received numerous positive critical reviews from other writers. His work is just one of the reasons why sensation fiction still remains a popular genre. His most famous novel The Moonstone (1868) is one of the first detective novels and it greatly influenced detective fiction.