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Professor Agatha Christie
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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, is 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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Ms Christie is also the author of wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the since 1952.
Biography
Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. Later that year, Witness for the Prosecution received an Edgar Award for best play. In 2013, she was voted the best crime writer and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best crime novel ever by 600 professional novelists of the Crime Writers' Association. Many of Christie's books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games, and graphic novels. More than 30 feature films are based on her work.
Education
Miss Guyer's Girls' School in Torqua in 1905
Degrees
NursingAcademic Interests
Archaeology, Egyptology, spiritualism and the paranormal.
Courses Taught
Suspects and Evidence
Murder 101
Navigating dangerous travel by train
Concentrations
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Research
Forensic science, poisons and psychology.
Selected Publications & Presentations
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Death on the Nile
The Murder at the Vicarage
Partners in Crime
The A.B.C. Murders
And Then There Were None
The Mousetrap