A brief biography of Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is to this date known as the best mystery writer of all time. Using her world famous detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple (among others), she wrote over 75 mystery novels. Interestingly enough, Hercule Poirot remains the only fictional character to ever have been written an obituary in the New York Times. Under the alias, Mary Westmacott, Christie also dabbled in romance. Christies’ novels are so popular that they are 2^nd to only the Bible in number of copies sold. Her novels have also been translated into over 100 different languages. Many of Christies books have been transformed into plays, and her book “The Mousetrap”, is the longest running theatrical performance in history! Here is a brief summary of the complicated yet interesting life of one of the most talented writers of all time.
 Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, England on September 15, 1890. She was born to Clarissa Margaret Boehmer, the daughter of a British army captain and Frederick Alvah Miller, an American stockbroker. Agatha was the youngest of her 2 siblings, Margaret and Louis. In the first world war, Agatha worked in a pharmacy, which she described as “one of the most rewarding professions”. On Christmas Eve 1914 Agatha married Archibald Christie, a pilot  in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1919 the couple had their first daughter, Rosalind Hicks. The following year Christie produced her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. This first novel introduced her most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, who appears in 33 of her 80 mystery novels. On December 8,1926 after fighting, Christie’s husband Archie revealed to her that he was in love with another woman and wanted a divorce. Later that night Christie disappeared, leaving a note which said that she was going to Yorkshire. Christie was found 11 days later; staying in a hotel under an alias. To this day it is unknown why she disappeared. In 1930 Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan, whom she remained married to for the rest of her life. In the Second World War Christie again worked in a pharmacy. Here she obtained a vast knowledge of poisons, which she used in her later books. For her works Christie obtained numerous awards. Among these include Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and president of the Detection Club. Towards the end of Christie’s life it is believed she was affected with Alzheimers or Dementia. She passed away  January 12, 1976 at the age 85 from natural causes.
I gathered all this information from the Wikipedia page on Agatha Christie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie) and her website (http://www.agathachristie.com/). Both of these websites were great sources of information! I know that the Wikipedia site is credible because the authors used many credible sources such as books and prominent magazines/newspapers. Also, all the information from the Wikipedia page matched Christie's own website.

If interested in the life of Agatha Christie, I recommend you check out you read her autobiography or one of her numerous biographies. Here's the link to Amazon page if you want to buy one!
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