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Agatha Christie

No compendium of mystery writers would be complete with out the inclusion of the most famous of all, Queen of mystery and murder - Agatha Christie. The only other individual to have a prestigious writer's award named after her besides Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie's death in January of 1976 left us with a treasure trove of writing eagerly read to this day.

Ms. Christie's arduous work never fails to enthrall or engage your attention today, even though most of her mysteries were written in the first half of the last century.

Born Agatha Miller on September 15 of 1890 in Torquay, England, Agatha married her first husband in 1914, who happened to be an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. The couple had one daughter, Rosalind, before Agatha divorced Colonel Christie in 1928. She married her second husband later, but kept her first partner's last name, perhaps for a nom de plume only.

Agatha Christie is famous most of all for her two fictional sleuths, Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple - both of whom have been portrayed in films and on TV. One of her plays, 'The Mousetrap' opened in London in 1952 and has had the longest running in theatrical history. Ms. Christie has also written non-fiction books and six romantic novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

No living writer even approaches Agatha Christie's remarkable handling of the so-called 'cozy' mystery, and many of today's stories are based on her expertise with plot and character.
Agatha Christie received England's highest honor when she was awarded the Order of Dame Commander of the British Empire.

Ms. Christie's writing career spans more than 50 years, during which time she wrote 79 novels as well as her short story collections and plays.

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