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Agatha Christie (1890-1976) born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was a phenomenal crime fiction writer. She penned down her works in English language but gained celebration all across the globe with her works being published in about 104 other languages worldwide. A projected sells of about more than one billion copies of her novel-books have been sold in languages other than English. She has the rare honor of being rated the author of best-seller books of all times. She stands only next to the master-story weaver William Shakespeare in terms of churning out best–seller books. Christie has a wide fan-following in India, well reflected by the all time top-sells of her books as soon as they hit the shelves of the books stores. Her books sell as hot cakes even after more than thirty years of her absence from this mortal world.
Christie gained exaltation in the literary world as the progenitor of best-sellers with the elderly spinster Miss Marple and the Bulgarian detective Hercule Poirot. The fictional detectives of her novels eternally set out to decode the complicated world of crime with their shrewd innovative and rational steps with the same perpetual zeal in every series. Any one who has read even one of her books is bound to be her fan for life-time, hunting for her next books arrivals. Her books The Curtain in which Hercule Poitrot and Sleeping Murder in which Miss Jane Maple is killed were penned during the Second World War intended to be the last releases of her works. They were therefore, kept sealed in bank vault for more than 30 years and released only at the end of her life, when the authoress realized that she would no longer be able to create more works. These memorable and exemplary books were re-created in the block-buster motion picture Murder on the Orient Express released for public viewing in 1974.
Another feather in the hat of Christie’s outstanding marvels was the obituary space accorded to her fictional character Poirot in the esteemed New York Times in 1975 following the release of The Curtain. An estimated 66 detective novel have been churned out of her basket of best sellers. Besides writing crime-fiction, she also penned a series of romances and authored a few books for children under the imaginary name Mary Westmacott.
Her stage play The Mousetrap still runs house-full shows at the Ambassadors Theatre, London since its debut show on 25th November 1952. Agatha Christie was the recipient of the Grand Master Award upon its inception in 1955, the Mystery Writers of America’s premier honor for her commendable works. Many of her books have featured in motion pictures and transcribed into TV serials and video games. Ms Christie was adorned with the premier honor of becoming a Dame of British empire in 1971.
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