P.D. James
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born
August 03, 1920
gender
female
place of birth
The United Kingdom
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
influences
Jane Austen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh
about this author
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction, under the name P. D. James, and a life peer in the House of Lords.
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The Children of Men by P.D. James avg rating 3.54 — 2,404 ratings — published 1992 35 editions |
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The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13) by P.D. James avg rating 3.66 — 1,175 ratings — published 2005 23 editions |
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Death In Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11) by P.D. James avg rating 3.81 — 1,097 ratings — published 2001 28 editions |
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The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh, #12) by P.D. James avg rating 3.73 — 1,093 ratings — published 1976 26 editions |
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An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) by P.D. James avg rating 3.78 — 1,006 ratings — published 1972 37 editions |
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The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by P.D. James avg rating 3.60 — 985 ratings — published 2008 14 editions |
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1) by P.D. James avg rating 3.72 — 926 ratings — published 1962 42 editions |
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A Taste For Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7) by P.D. James avg rating 3.86 — 759 ratings — published 1987 37 editions |
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Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9) by P.D. James avg rating 3.72 — 748 ratings — published 1994 31 editions |
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Devices And Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) by P.D. James avg rating 3.79 — 727 ratings — published 1989 33 editions |
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"Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports."
— P.D. James (The Lighthouse)
— P.D. James (The Lighthouse)
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encounters,
romance
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"Perhaps it's only when people are dead that we can safely show how much we cared about them. We know that it's too late then for them to do anything about it."
— P.D. James
— P.D. James
"Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast."
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
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