Portrait of Agatha Christie, Nude, Pastel Painting
1. Agatha Christie was an English crime writer, best known for her detective novels and short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
2. She is the world’s best-selling novelist with over 2 billion copies of her books sold in more than 100 languages.
3. Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England.
4. She married Archie Christie in 1914 and had a daughter, Rosalind, in 1919. The couple divorced in 1928, but Agatha later remarried in 1930 to Archibald Bowra, an archaeologist and scholar.
5. During World War II, she served as a nurse in a Voluntary Aid Detachment unit near Torquay.
6. In addition to her crime novels, Agatha Christie also wrote plays, poetry, and six romances under the pen name Mary Westmacott.
7. She received numerous awards during her lifetime, including a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1956, a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1971, and the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award in 1965.
8. Agatha Christie died on January 12, 1976, at the age of 85.
9. Her best-known novels include “Murder on the Orient Express,” “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” and “And Then There Were None.”
10. Agatha Christie’s works have been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and stage plays, making her one of the most famous and influential authors in history.
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