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At age 26 in April 1917, she passed the assistant's exam for London's Society of Apothecaries |
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BESTSELLING AUTHORS |
2025-10-14 |
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Her "N or M?" thriller from 1941 led to an investigation by MI5 |
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FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS |
2025-05-21 |
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Her books include 1936's "Murder in Mesopotamia" & 1923's "Murder on the Links" |
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WOMEN WRITERS |
2024-12-10 |
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Better known for her mysteries, she wrote a handful of romance novels under the name Mary Westmacott |
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BRITISH AUTHORS |
2024-07-16 |
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British dame who wrote 66 detective novels: TAHITI HAS GRACE |
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ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS |
2024-05-16 |
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The Pharmaceutical Journal praised her 1920 first novel, saying it dealt "with poisons in a knowledgeable way" |
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BRITISH AUTHORS |
2014-06-27 |
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It was curtains for Hercule Poirot in her 1975 mystery "Curtain" |
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WOMEN WRITERS |
2008-03-11 |
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She described "And Then There Were None" as "a better piece of craftsmanship than anything else" she wrote |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
2007-01-17 |
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She introduced Hercule Poirot in her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" |
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS |
2002-12-12 |
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller used this married name as a pen name, even after divorcing her first husband |
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PEN NAMES |
2000-06-22 |
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In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America |
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BRITISH AUTHORS |
1999-05-17 |
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"Sleeping Murder", her last Miss Jane Marple novel, was published posthumously in 1976 |
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AUTHORS |
1998-10-12 |
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She gave her share of the film rights to "Witness For The Prosecution" to her daughter Rosalind |
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AUTHORS |
1997-06-18 |
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In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan |
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AUTHORS |
1997-03-03 |
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She introduced Hercule Poirot in her very first novel, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles" |
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BRITISH AUTHORS |
1997-01-27 |
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In 1971 this novelist was named Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire |
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AUTHORS |
1996-01-18 |
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She wrote "The Mystery of the Blue Train" as well as "Murder on the Orient Express" |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-06-30 |
#2510 |
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She thought she'd ruined her novel "The Hollow" by putting in Poirot, so she cut him out of the play |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-06-22 |
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She was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, England in 1890 |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-02-21 |
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In her 1975 novel "Curtain", detective Hercule Poirot, dies |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-02-14 |
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She introduced Miss Jane Marple in her 1930 novel "Murder at the Vicarage" |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-01-12 |
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She said, "Miss Marple insinuated herself so quietly into my life that I hardly noticed her arrival" |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-01-02 |
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She never wanted Miss Marple & Hercule Poirot to meet because she was "sure they would not enjoy it at all" |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1994-02-23 |
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She began her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", while working at a hospital during WWI |
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WOMEN WRITERS |
1993-03-19 |
#1975 |
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Her character Hercule Poirot retired from the Belgian police in 1904 & became an amateur sleuth |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1992-03-04 |
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"Murder at the Vicarage" |
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NAME THE AUTHOR |
1991-06-17 |
#1581 |
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She wrote "Murder in Mesopotamia" after visiting the region with her archaeologist husband |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1990-11-01 |
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"The Mysterious Affair at Styles", which introduced detective Hercule Poirot was this author's first novel |
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AUTHORS |
1990-09-24 |
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We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us |
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PEN NAMES |
1990-03-08 |
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Her mysterious disappearance in 1926 inspired a 1979 film starring Vanessa Redgrave |
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MOVIE AUTHORS |
1988-05-24 |
#872 |
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Guinness calls her the top-selling woman crime writer of all time |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
1987-10-16 |
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In her very 1st book, she introduced Hercule Poirot |
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20th C. AUTHORS |
1986-12-11 |
#524 |