How Christie Wrote

How Christie Wrote

Agatha Christie said she never knew where the ideas for a new novel would spring from:

“Plots come to me at such odd moments, when ...

Read More

Mary Westmacott

To celebrate Agatha Christie’s centenary, Rosalind Hick’s, Agatha Christie's only daughter, wrote an essay on the Westmacott novels.  We have reproduced this ...

Read More

Biography

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, England.  Her father, Frederick, was an outgoing American with an independent income.  Her ...

Read More

Christie Facts

The following 75 facts were kindly supplied by John Curran to celebrate 75 years of Miss Marple in 2005:

1. In her early years Agatha ...

Read More

Your favourite sleuth?

Do you prefer Miss Marple or Poirot?