Agatha Christie

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crime writer human novelist playwright screenwriter short story writer

Agatha Christie was a prolific British crime novelist and playwright, best known for creating the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and for being one of the best-selling authors in history.

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Agatha Christie canonical 57
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Master Award ⓘ
surface form: Edgar Grand Master Award

Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award ⓘ
surface form: Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award
birthName Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Rosalind Hicks ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
createdCharacter Ariadne Oliver ⓘ
Hercule Poirot ⓘ
Miss Marple ⓘ
Tommy Beresford ⓘ
Tuppence Beresford ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1890-09-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-01-12 ⓘ
estimatedSales over 2 billion copies ⓘ
familyName Christie ⓘ
Miller ⓘ
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
literature ⓘ
fullName Agatha Christie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
givenName Agatha ⓘ
hasSignatureWork And Then There Were None ⓘ
Murder on the Orient Express ⓘ
honorificTitle Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
influenced modern detective fiction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Golden Age detective fiction ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Detective Fiction
notableAchievement one of the best-selling authors in history ⓘ
notableFact disappeared for eleven days in December 1926 ⓘ
notableWork A Murder is Announced ⓘ
And Then There Were None ⓘ
Death on the Nile (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Death on the Nile

Murder on the Orient Express ⓘ
The A.B.C. Murders ⓘ
The Mousetrap ⓘ
The Murder at the Vicarage ⓘ
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⓘ
The Mysterious Affair at Styles ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
pharmacy assistant ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
Torquay ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
Winterbrook ⓘ
pseudonym Mary Westmacott ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Greenway Estate ⓘ
spouse Archibald Christie ⓘ
Max Mallowan ⓘ
workAdaptedAs The Mousetrap ⓘ
surface form: The Mousetrap (stage play)
writingPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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