Agatha Christie
Without doubt, Agatha Christie is the Grande Dame of the mystery genre. Her works have been outsold by only The Bible and Shakespeare. She published 79 novels, a short story collection, 23 plays, and four non-fiction books. From the 1920s to the 1980s, 24 of her books and plays were made into movies.
Born September 1890, she lived to the age of 86, publishing books at a rapid pace. She was married to Archibald Christie in 1914, a marriage that would end 14 years later after the birth of one child. She later remarried to Sir Max Mallowan with whom she frequently traveled on archaeological expeditions. In 1971, she was awarded the Order of Dame Commander of the British Empire, Britain's highest honor. She died in 1976.
Christie's life was not without its own mysteries. In December of 1926, Christie disappeared for ten days. She was found at a hotel and she said she was suffering from amnesia brought on by multiple tragedies. People continue to argue about exactly what happened during these days.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
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The Murder on The Links |
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The Man in the Brown Suit |
Witness for the Prosecution |
The Crooked House |
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| Poirot Investigates |
A Murder is Announced |
| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Three Blind Mice |
Big Four |
They Came to Baghdad |
Mystery of the Blue Train |
The Under Dog |
Partners in Crime |
A Daughter's Daughter |
The Seven Dials Murder |
Mrs. McGinty's Dead |
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin |
They Do It With Mirrors |
| Murder at the Vicarage |
After the Funeral |
Giant's Bread |
A Pocket Full of Rye |
The Sittaford Mystery |
Destination Unknown |
Peril at End House |
Hickory Dickory Death |
Thirteen Clues for Miss Marple |
Dead Man's Folly |
Murder on the Orient Express |
The Burden |
Unfinished Portrait |
4:50 from Paddington |
Lord Edgeware Dies |
Ordeal by Innocence |
| Parker Pyne Investigates |
Cat Among the Pigeons |
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? |
The Pale Horse |
Three-Act Tragedy |
Double Sin |
Death in the Clouds |
Mirror Crack'd |
The A.B.C. Murders |
The Clocks |
Murder in Mesopotamia |
A Caribbean Mystery |
Cards on the Table |
At Bertram's Hotel |
Dumb Witness |
Third Girl |
Dead Man's Mirror |
By the Pricking of My Thumbs |
Hercule Poirot's Christmas |
Passenger to Frankfurt |
Appointment with Death |
Nemesis |
And Then There Were None |
The Golden Ball |
Murder Is Easy |
Elephants Can Remember |
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories |
Hercule Poirot's Early Cases |
Sad Cypress |
Curtain |
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe |
Sleeping Murder |
Evil Under the Sun |
Autobiography |
N or M? |
The Harlequin Tea Set |
Body in the Library |
Sparkling Cyanide |
Death on the Nile |
The Hollow |
The Moving Finger |
Come Tell Me How You Live |
Five Little Pigs |
Labours of Hercules |
Towards Zero |
The Rose and the Yew Tree |
Death Comes In The End |
Taken at the Flood |
Absent in the Spring |
PLAYS
Alibi |
Spider's Web |
Black Coffee |
Towards Zero |
Love From A Stranger |
Verdict |
A Daughter's Daughter |
The Unexpected Guest |
Peril At End House |
Go Back for Murder |
And Then There Were None |
Rule of Three |
Appointment with Death |
Fiddlers Three |
Murder on the Nile |
Akhnaton |
Murder at the Vicarage |
A Murder is Announced |
The Hollow |
Cards on the Table |
The Mousetrap |
Murder is Easy |
Witness for the Prosecution |
