# Agatha Christie

## Biography

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, better known as Agatha Christie, was born in Torquay, Devon, England, on September 15, 1890. Largely home-schooled, she developed an early love for stories and imaginative play. Her career as a writer began during World War I, where her work as a nurse and later in a dispensary provided her with knowledge of poisons that would feature prominently in her fiction. Her debut novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," published in 1920, introduced the iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie went on to create another beloved character, Miss Jane Marple, and penned an astonishing sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, "The Mousetrap," and six romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Widely known as the "Queen of Crime," Agatha Christie remains the best-selling novelist of all time, with her books selling billions of copies worldwide. She passed away on January 12, 1976.

## Books

- [The Secret Adversary](https://samolit.com/books/95954)
- [The Mysterious Affair at Styles](https://samolit.com/books/95869)