Biography | Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (1890-1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
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She also wrote the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap, which was performed in the West End from 1952 to 2020, as well as six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) for her contributions to literature.
Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.