| Agatha
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| Nationality - English |
Profession - Author |
| Date of birth - 15 Sep 1890
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Date of death - 1976 |
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Agatha Christie was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller in Torquay, Devon on September 16, 1890.
Agatha never attended school but was instead taught at home by a governess and tutors.
As a shy youngster with very few friends she became very good at creating games to keep herself occupied at home.
It was her mother who first suggested she tried her hand at writing, when Agatha was stuck indoors because of a cold.
Agatha was also said to be rather disappointed about the mystery books on the market, as you could always guess "whodunnit."
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A key time for her was during the First World War. She married Archibald Christie - an officer in the air force - shortly after the outbreak of the war, and they had a very short honeymoon at the Grand Hotel Torquay.
Agatha then did her bit for the war effort by working in a hospital in Torquay. This, apparently, is where she learnt about drugs and poisons - knowledge she would use in her books.
Agatha's first big success was in 1920, with "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" - where the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot made his debut. The script was rejected six times by publishers (who must have regretted their decision later).
Her other famous character, elderly spinster Miss Marple, made her first appearance in "Murder in the Vicarage" in 1930.
Among the Queen of Crime's best loved works are "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," "Why Didn't They Ask Evans," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Death on the Nile," "Murder on the Orient Express," and "The Mousetrap" - which was first staged in London in 1952 and became the longest running play in the world.
Agatha was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971, and died in January 1976 at the age of 85. |
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