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Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, is an English writer best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, especially those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's oldest play, The Mousetrap, which performed in the West End between 1952 and 2020, as well as six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she became a Dame for her contributions to literature. The Guinness Book of World Records ranks Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time, with her novels selling more than two billion copies. Christie was born into a wealthy middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and is largely home-educated. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejects, but that changed in 1920 when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, starring Detective Hercule Poirot, was published.
BornAgatha Mary Clarissa Miller, September 15, 1890, Torquay, Devon, England
DiedJanuary 12, 1976, Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Resting placeChurch of St Mary, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England
Pen nameMary Westmacott
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, memoirist
GenreMurder mystery, detective story, crime fiction, thriller
Literary movementGolden Age of Detective Fiction
Notable worksCreation of characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Death on the Nile, The Murder at the Vicarage, Partners in Crime, The A.B.C. Murders, And Then There Were None, The Mousetrap
ChildrenRosalind Hicks
RelativesJames Watts (nephew)

About Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie

Novelist Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, England on September 15, 1890. She dies at the age of 85, on January 12, 1976.

This British mystery writer, nicknamed as the"Queen of Crime", is best known for works such as Murder on the Orient Express and The Mousetrap. In 1955, she received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award.

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Agatha Christie before becoming famous

Agatha Christie was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1890 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).

She began to have a gift for storytelling at a young age, and she also created various imaginary friends. When she was in her mid-teens, she enrolled at a finishing school in Paris, France.

Achievement of Agatha Christie

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she is the best-selling novelist in history, and numerous of her novels have been made into films.

Agatha Christie's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

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Agatha Christie

She had one daughter, Rosalind, with her first husband, Archibald Christie. Archaeologist Max Mallowan eventually married her.

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Agatha Christie Collabed with

Novelist Raymond Chandler, the hard-boiled mystery author, criticized her literary ability.

Agatha Christie Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Agatha Christie updated on March 17 2023.