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Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie Biography

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Name: Agatha Christie
Birth Date: September 15, 1890
Death Date: January 12, 1976
Place of Birth: Torquay, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female
Occupations: author, playwright

Dictionary of Literary Biography on Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie

Agatha Christie, crime novelist, playwright, poet, travel and short-story writer, has sold more than one billion copies of her books since 1920 and been translated into more languages than William Shakespeare, second only to the Bible. She also wrote romantic novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott and is considered the most commercially successful woman writer of all time. Her play The Mousetrap, playing at theaters in London since 1952, is the longest-running play in the world. In addition, her work has appeared frequently in West End and New York City theaters, is performed widely in repertory companies, and has been adapted for hundreds of radio, screen, and stage productions. The literature available on her life and work is extensive, from armchair companions on her fictional characters, biographies, and autobiographies to more recent academic studies.

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 13 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, the youngest of three children of Frederick Alvah Miller, an American from New York, and Clarissa Boehmer Miller.

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