AGATHA CHRISTIE
Agatha Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay in England. Her father was called Frederick
Miller so she was born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. She was educated at home and
studied singing and piano in Paris. In 1914 she married Archibald Christie, but then World
War I had broken out. Agatha worked as a nurse in a Red Cross hospital in Torquay at that
time and that experience was useful later on.
Her first book was published in 1920, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. There, readers met
Hercule Poirot, the eccentric Belgian detective with the funny-looking moustache. But
Agatha’s books first attracted attention in 1926 when she publised The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd. Agatha made news herself when she disappeared for a few days after her husband
wanted a divorce. She was soon found to be staying in a hotel under an alias. Her
disappearance is still a mystery. She and Archibald divorced in 1928 (he died in 1962).
When
she was around 40 years old she went on a holiday and visited e.g. Iraq where she met
archaeologist Max Mallowan, who was 14 years younger than her. They married in 1930 and
Agatha Christie became Agatha Christie Mallowan. During World War II Agatha worked in the
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dispensary of University College Hospital in London. She often assisted her husband on
excavations, e.g. in Iraq and Syria.
Agatha Christie wrote nearly seventy novels in her career and more than a hundred short
stories. Her most famous characters are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and the latter one
was her personal favorite. She also wrote a few books about Tommy and Tuppence
Beresford, and in some books there was no particular main character. Agatha Christie also
wrote six romantic novels under the name Mary Westmacott. Agatha’s plays have also made
her famous and her best known play, The Mousetrap, is most likely the best known mystery
play in the world.
Agatha was the president of the Detection Club. She became Dame Agatha in 1971. Agatha
Christie died 12 January 1976, and two years later Max Mallowan died.
