Agatha Christie
author profile
born
December 13, 1901
died
January 12, 1976
gender
female
place of birth
Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom
website
genre
Mystery & Thrillers
influences
Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton
about this author
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Her works, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie avg rating 4.09 — 11,510 ratings — published 1939 111 editions |
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.84 — 3,890 ratings — published 1937 82 editions |
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.97 — 3,591 ratings — published 1926 78 editions |
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The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.76 — 2,396 ratings — published 1942 61 editions |
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.75 — 2,299 ratings — published 1920 138 editions |
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Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.80 — 2,227 ratings — published 1930 55 editions |
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Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.77 — 2,211 ratings — published 1940 73 editions |
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A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.78 — 1,958 ratings — published 1950 39 editions |
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.78 — 1,821 ratings — published 1964 50 editions |
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Curtain by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.87 — 1,764 ratings — published 1975 40 editions |
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"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
— Agatha Christie
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— Agatha Christie
"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."
— Agatha Christie
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— Agatha Christie
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