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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections that she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigative work of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, Parker Pyne, Harley Quin/Mr Satterthwaite and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. She wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap.

And here is a very nice bio piece on Christie that includes the above photo: Agatha Christie

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Jacqueline Tattam

Loved reading Agatha Christie - Poirot, Marple, Tommy & Tuppence - good memories! Thank you.

Bill Coe

Beau Shilkraut, how many questions have you posted?

Janice Loggins

I read all of her books growing up. Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple were my heroes and always will be.

Janice Lea Vanlandingham

Wonderful writer very creative. The times she lived in were swiftly changing, travel by horse and buggy, 3 wars, development of both hydrogen and nuclear bombs, the rise and fall of the Berlin wall, Hitler and the horrors of the holocaust, exploring Africa (going on safari) and traveling on the Orient Express. What a time to ge alive.

Wyla Reedy

Didn't recognize her as a younger woman.

JohnnyRoulette

Thanks mob, you rule. I’ve actually had bad luck with popular opinion votes lately. Cool picture. For some reason, I always see AC as much older. Not sure I’ve ever seen a picture of her where she was that young.

Noelito

Wyla Reedy, The EYES have it 😜

Mary Jane Sanchez

I love all the Agatha Christie movies especially Miss Jane Marple, Hercule Poirot and her other characters but I prefer the books too my faves.

Roselyn L Prollo

1 hold - up by Google.

namiphi

Just a wild guess.

Cherie Hunt

Watched a Miss Marple that featured Tommy and Tuppence just the other day.

Diane Lynn Kinsman

So far just that Ir was wrong

dsneed

Sometimes I just look at the pictures and it seems to be the one but then another just has the look of recognition to it. You can't miss with the look of recognition, like you AND the photo seem to remember each other, so I chose my old friend, Agatha Christie. Yay me.