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• The "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie was a prolific English writer of novels, short stories and plays. Best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays, Christie also wrote romances`` under the name Mary Westmacott. Her mysteries, particularly those featuring her famous characters Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple made her one of the most important writers of the genre. Christie has been called the best-selling writer of books of all time, with only the Bible to have outsold her collected sales of roughly four billion.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: September 15, 1890
  2. Full name: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
  3. Trained singer and pianist
  4. Named best-selling mystery novelist of all time
  5. No formal education
  6. Worth an estimated £ 10m when she died January 12, 1976

• Quotes

  • "I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest."

  • "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."

  • "An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her."

  • "But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price."

  • "Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions."

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