Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. She was born in England in 1890 and went on to write 80 mystery novels and short story collections, as well as several romances, plays, and an autobiography. Her books have sold over 2 billion copies globally and have been translated into over 100 languages. Some of her most famous literary creations include the detectives Miss Marple and Mr. Hercule Poirot. Christie passed away in 1976 at the age of 85, leaving behind an immense literary legacy as the queen of crime fiction.

2. • Agatha Christie is the world's best-known
mystery writer. Her books have been sold
over billion copies in English and another
billion over 45 foreign languages.

3. She was born in Torquay, England on
September 15th, 1890.
• Her Full name is Agatha May Clarissa Miller

4. Her family and schooling
• Her parents are Fredrick and Clara Miller
• Her Dad dies when she is 11 due to a heart
attack
• She has a brother and a sister.
• Her mother teaches her at home. She starts
school when she is 12.
• At the age of 16, she goes to Paris to study
singing and piano.

5. • Agatha marries at the age of 24 a flight pilot named Archibald Christie
• They have a child together named Rosalind Hicks.
• It is an unhappy marriage and the divorce in 1928.
• During WWI, Agatha wants to help and she works as a Nurse in the
Pharmacy .
• She learns a lot with this job; many of the murders in her book
are by poison.
Her personal life

6. On 8 December 1926, she
disappears for ten days .

7. • In 1930, Agatha marries the archaeologist Sir
Max Mallowan, 14 years younger than Christie.
• It is also a not very happy marriage, but they
travel a lot and this is very important for her
work.

8. Her literary work
• She starts publishing with another name.
• She publishes six romantic novels under the
pseudonym, Mary Westmacott.
• You can read her books in 103 languages.
• Most of her books are also successful films.
• Queen Elizabeth names her Dame of the
British Empire in 1871

9. Her work and her famous detectives
80 mystery novels &
Some non-fictional works
An autobiography
17 plays
Miss Marple
Mr Hercule Poirot

10. Her final days
• She dies on January 12, 1976 at the age of
85, in Oxfordshire.
• She is buried in the nearby St. Mary's
Churchyard in Cholsey.

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