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It was she who murdered many and got away with it. Her victims spread all over the globe, from middle east to London, America Russia etc. Her victims include aristocrats, beautiful dames, old ladies and what not. Tools she used for the crimes also varied very much from cyanide, ice prick, thallium, simple nylon thread, or even a gentle push. Every time she killed people went mad. They wanted more of her killings and enjoyed her murders.

You must be wondering about whom I am talking of. Many of the book lovers must have, by this time guessed it too. Yes friends I am talking of that great Mystery queen, Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie.

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Agatha Christie was born Devon to an America father and English mother. She had her education at home from governess and never had any schooling. Her first book Mysterious Affairs at Styles was published in the year 1920 in which she created memorable Hurcule Piorot a Belgium detective, has created a sensation in the crime fiction. From that time she has written about 80 mystery novels,. She also wrote romantic novels under pseudo name Mary Westmacott. �She also wrote many short stories. Her other dectective was an old lady called Miss Maple who stays in a small village and solves the curious murder mysteries around the place.

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Her appeal is so huge that Christie is often called–by the Guinness Book of World Records, among others - the best-selling writer of fiction of all time, and the best-selling writer of any kind second to William Shakespeare. An estimated billion copies of her novels have been sold in English, and another billion in 103 other languages.. As an example of her broad appeal, she is the all-time best-selling author in France, with over 40 million copies sold in French (as of 2003) versus 22 million for Emile Zola, the nearest contender.

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Her stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest run ever in London, opening at the Ambassadors Theatre on November 25, 1952, and as of 2006 is still running after more than 20,000 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s highest honor, the Grand Master Award, and in the same year, Witness for the Prosecution was given an Edgar Award by the MWA, for Best Play. Most of her books and short stories have been filmed, some many times over (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, 4.50 From Paddington), and most have also been adapted for television and radio.

Her first marriage, an unhappy one, was in 1914 to Colonel Archibald Christie, an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. The couple had one daughter, Rosalind Hicks, and divorced in 1928. �In 1930, Christie married a Roman Catholic (despite her divorce), the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Mallowan was 14 years younger than Agatha, and her travels with him contributed background to several of her novels set in the Middle East. Their marriage was happy in the early years, and endured despite Mallowan’s many affairs in later life, notably with Barbara Parker, whom he married in 1977, the year after Agatha’s death. Other novels (such as And Then There Were None) were set in and around Torquay, Devon, where she was born. Christie’s 1934 novel, Murder on the Orient Express was written in the Pera Palas hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, the southern terminus of the railroad. The hotel maintains Christie’s room as a memorial to the author.

Agatha Christie died on January 12, 1976, at age 85 from natural causes, at Winterbrook House, Cholsey near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. She is buried at St. Mary’s Churchyard in Cholsey, Oxon.

Christie’s only child, Rosalind Hicks, died on October 28, 2004, also aged 85, from natural causes. Christie’s grandson, Mathew Prichard, now owns the royalties to his grandmother’s works.

Whatever we write about this lady is still insufficient. The books she wrote are the proof of her greatness. Many movies including some of the bollywood hits are based on her books. (Remember GUMNAAM? It is based on the Agatha Christie�s And then there were none (also published under the title Ten Little Niggers).

I am a very big fan of this writer and I am sure one u start reading her book u will also be the same. What ur waiting for?? Go and grab one of them and start reading. J �

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