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Agatha Christie © Image: Book cover, Title: Agatha Christie: The Finished Portrait (Hardcover); Author: Dr. Andrew Norman; Publisher: Tempus, 2007; Source of image: Amazon.com; ISBN-13: 978-0752439907


Agatha Christie (born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller September 15, 1890 – died January 12, 1976; Christie was the surname of her first husband, to whom she was married when she started being published) was an English author best known for her 'detective stories', or 'crime novels', and her fictional characters, detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She also wrote plays and romance novels.

Called the "Queen of Crime" by many of her fans, she was also cited by The Guinness book of World Records as the best selling author of all time along with another English author—Shakespeare. Her worldwide book sales total roughly 4 billion books. UNESCO has ranked her the most widely translated author in history.

In addition to "Queen of Crime", Christie's collection of epithets include: "the mistress of fair deceit," "the first lady of crime," "the mistress of misdirection," "the detective story writer's detective story writer," and "the Hymns Ancient and Modern of detection". [1]

The Author's Life

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Commentary on Agatha Christie's fiction

Definition of 'detective story'

Author and Christie aficionado, Russell H. Fitzgibbon gives one definition: [3]

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Adaptation Of Her Works Into Film

Critical Acclaim

List of Novels

Hercule Poirot:

Miss Marple:


List of Short Stories

List Of Adaptations For Film


References and notes cited in text


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