Christie was a renowned playwright as well, with works like The Hollow (1951) and Verdict (1958). Her play The Mousetrap opened in 1952 at the Ambassador Theatre and—at more than 8,800 showings during 21 years—holds the record for the longest unbroken run in a London theater. Additionally, several of Christie's works have become popular movies, including Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Death on the Nile (1978).

Miss Jane Marple was introduced in a series of short stories that began publication in December 1927 and were subsequently collected under the title The Thirteen Problems. [14] :278 Marple was a genteel, elderly spinster who solved crimes using analogies to English village life. [30] :47,74–76 Christie said, "Miss Marple was not in any way a picture of my grandmother; she was far more fussy and spinsterish than my grandmother ever was", but her autobiography establishes a firm connection between the fictional character and Christie's step-grandmother Margaret Miller ("Auntie-Grannie") [i] and her "Ealing cronies". [12] :422–23 [112] Both Marple and Miller "always expected the worst of everyone and everything, and were, with almost frightening accuracy, usually proved right". [12] :422 Marple appeared in 12 novels and 20 stories.

Christie used inspiration from her stay at the Old Cataract Hotel on the banks of the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt for her 1937 novel Death on the Nile Life and career [ edit ] Childhood and adolescence: 1890–1907 [ edit ] Portrait of Christie entitled Lost in Reverie, by Douglas John Connah, 1894 Data for financial year ending 05 April 2018 – The Agatha Christie Trust For Children". Registered Charities in England and Wales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020 . Retrieved 7 November 2019.

Agatha Christie mysteries are still raking in the cash a century on". marketplace.org. 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021 . Retrieved 12 March 2021.The West End and UK Theatre venues shut down until further notice due to coronavirus". London Theatre Direct. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020 . Retrieved 5 May 2020. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE ( née Miller; 15September 1890– 12January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952. A writer during the " Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

Ella Creamer. " Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town". The Guardian, 11 September 2023. For information on Christie's book originally titled Ten Little Niggers, see And Then There Were None. By 1901, her father's health had deteriorated, because of what he believed were heart problems. [14] :33 Fred died in November 1901 from pneumonia and chronic kidney disease. [23] Christie later said that her father's death when she was 11 marked the end of her childhood. [4] :32–33 The Mystery of Three Quarters". HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018 . Retrieved 29 April 2020. a b c Symons, Julian (1972). Mortal Consequences: A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. New York City: Harper & Row, Publishers.

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When they returned to England, Archie resumed work in the city, and Christie continued to work hard at her writing. After living in a series of apartments in London, they bought a house in Sunningdale, Berkshire, which they renamed Styles after the mansion in Christie's first detective novel. [4] :124–25 [14] :154–55 a b Goff, Gerald Lionel Joseph (1891). Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, containing an account of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1881. R. Bentley. pp.xv, 218–19, 322.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Morgan, Janet P. (1984). Agatha Christie: A Biography. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-216330-9. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021 . Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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Editorial Molino (Barcelona). The book was published Hardcover named "Autobiografía" and translated to Spanish by Diorki. 564 pp ISBN 84-272-1801-X Glancey, Jonathan (17 November 2001). "Forbidden pleasures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 . Retrieved 28 April 2020.