Agatha Christie
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Popular Culture
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Because of her ingenuity in devising plots, her skill in creating characters (particularly detectives such as Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot), and her genial humor, Christie won international fame and a considerable fortune as the best-selling detective story writer in history.
Early Life
Agatha Miller was born September 15, 1890, in the seaside English town of Torquay. Although her father, Frederick Alvah Miller, was a New York businessman, he had settled in Torquay with his English wife, née Clarissa Margaret Beochmer, the daughter...
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