Agatha Christie

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At age 26 in April 1917, she passed the assistant's exam for London's Society of Apothecaries Agatha Christie FJ BESTSELLING AUTHORS 2025-10-14 #9412
Her "N or M?" thriller from 1941 led to an investigation by MI5 Agatha Christie $400 DJ FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 2025-05-21 #9338
Her books include 1936's "Murder in Mesopotamia" & 1923's "Murder on the Links" Agatha Christie $400 DJ WOMEN WRITERS 2024-12-10 #9222
Better known for her mysteries, she wrote a handful of romance novels under the name Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie $400 DJ BRITISH AUTHORS 2024-07-16 #9147
British dame who wrote 66 detective novels: TAHITI HAS GRACE Agatha Christie $200 J ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS 2024-05-16 #9104
The Pharmaceutical Journal praised her 1920 first novel, saying it dealt "with poisons in a knowledgeable way" Agatha Christie FJ BRITISH AUTHORS 2014-06-27 #6870
It was curtains for Hercule Poirot in her 1975 mystery "Curtain" Agatha Christie $800 J WOMEN WRITERS 2008-03-11 #5417
She described "And Then There Were None" as "a better piece of craftsmanship than anything else" she wrote Agatha Christie $400 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 2007-01-17 #5148
She introduced Hercule Poirot in her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" Agatha Christie $200 J AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS 2002-12-12 #4209
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller used this married name as a pen name, even after divorcing her first husband Agatha Christie $200 DJ PEN NAMES 2000-06-22 #3654
In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America Agatha Christie FJ BRITISH AUTHORS 1999-05-17 #3396
"Sleeping Murder", her last Miss Jane Marple novel, was published posthumously in 1976 Agatha Christie $200 DJ AUTHORS 1998-10-12 #3241
She gave her share of the film rights to "Witness For The Prosecution" to her daughter Rosalind Agatha Christie $400 DJ AUTHORS 1997-06-18 #2963
In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan Agatha Christie $100 J AUTHORS 1997-03-03 #2886
She introduced Hercule Poirot in her very first novel, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles" Agatha Christie $200 DJ BRITISH AUTHORS 1997-01-27 #2861
In 1971 this novelist was named Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire Agatha Christie $600 DJ AUTHORS 1996-01-18 #2624
She wrote "The Mystery of the Blue Train" as well as "Murder on the Orient Express" Agatha Christie $200 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-06-30 #2510
She thought she'd ruined her novel "The Hollow" by putting in Poirot, so she cut him out of the play Agatha Christie $200 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-06-22 #2504
She was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, England in 1890 Agatha Christie $200 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-02-21 #2417
In her 1975 novel "Curtain", detective Hercule Poirot, dies Agatha Christie $400 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-02-14 #2412
She introduced Miss Jane Marple in her 1930 novel "Murder at the Vicarage" Agatha Christie $200 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-01-12 #2389
She said, "Miss Marple insinuated herself so quietly into my life that I hardly noticed her arrival" Agatha Christie $200 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1995-01-02 #2381
She never wanted Miss Marple & Hercule Poirot to meet because she was "sure they would not enjoy it at all" Agatha Christie $600 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1994-02-23 #2188
She began her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", while working at a hospital during WWI Agatha Christie $600 DJ WOMEN WRITERS 1993-03-19 #1975
Her character Hercule Poirot retired from the Belgian police in 1904 & became an amateur sleuth Agatha Christie $400 J WOMEN AUTHORS 1992-03-04 #1738
"Murder at the Vicarage" Agatha Christie $400 DJ NAME THE AUTHOR 1991-06-17 #1581
She wrote "Murder in Mesopotamia" after visiting the region with her archaeologist husband Agatha Christie $400 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1990-11-01 #1419
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles", which introduced detective Hercule Poirot was this author's first novel Agatha Christie $200 J AUTHORS 1990-09-24 #1391
We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us Agatha Christie $600 DJ PEN NAMES 1990-03-08 #1279
Her mysterious disappearance in 1926 inspired a 1979 film starring Vanessa Redgrave Agatha Christie $600 DJ MOVIE AUTHORS 1988-05-24 #872
Guinness calls her the top-selling woman crime writer of all time Agatha Christie $400 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1987-10-16 #715
In her very 1st book, she introduced Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie $600 DJ 20th C. AUTHORS 1986-12-11 #524
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