Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Torquay,

Devon, England. Researchers debate on the year in which she was born, but it was

September 15 in either 1890 or 1891. Her father was an American who lived with his

British wife in Torquay. At the time, her parents did not realize that their daughter would

one day become a famous English author, writing an insatiable amount of novels and

plays. Her focus was mainly on the mystery genre of literature. She was married two

times, and bore one daughter by her first husband. In 1971, five years before her death,

Christie was given the prestigious title of a Dame Commander of the Order of the British

Empire. She died January 12, 1976 at Wallingford in Oxfordshire (Prichard

Agatha Miller was born the third child to her parents, Fred and Mary Miller. She

grew up in Torquay, Devon, England. She was taught at home by her mother and several

tutors and governesses, never attending a real school. As a child, Miller kept herself

occupied by inventing games to play with her siblings. Not being around other children

besides her siblings made Miller a shy child. She

they stayed together until her death in 1976 (Encarta 1999).

she expressed her feelings in music. Later in life, she would turn to writing as a means of

characters used in most of Christie's works were Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster

famous female mystery writer of all time. Millions of copies of her books and plays, some

ideas. Miss Marple solved the mystery, and everyone was pleased with the old woman

"Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa". Microsoft(R) Encarta.

Several of Mrs. Christie's books and plays have been made into movies and

performances in one theater ( Amer. Edu. Enc. 117)!

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