Agatha Christie

by Constanza and Julieta

A little about her life and success

Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England and she died on January 12, 1976, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. She was an English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.

Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.

Short descriptions of 2 books by Agatha 

Five Little Pigs [Murder in Retrospect]

A woman, blamed for the murder of her husband 10 years ago, is on the verge of death, decides to write a letter to her 5-year-old daughter, Carla, who will be in charge of finding the real murderer.

Ten Little Niggers

Eight people are convinced of different ways to vacation on an island, but at the end of the night a song will spoil their end.

We chose this author mainly because of a common taste, in addition to the fact that we both consider Agatha Christie as a classic of thriller literature and even a pioneer.