Colin Henry Wilson was a British author who had written works on philosophy, true crime, and mysticism, as well as novels. He was born and raised in Leicester, England, the son of a factory worker. He attended school until he was 16, at which point he quit to work in a wool warehouse. He worked other odd jobs, including as a lab assistant and a civil servant, until he was called up to work as a clerk for the Royal Air Force. He worked there for six months until claiming that he was a homosexual in order to be dismissed. In 1956, his first book, The Outsider, was published.
Colin Wilson
Author details
- Born:
- June 26, 1931
- Died:
- Dec. 5, 2013
External links
Books by Colin Wilson
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, and 2 others
