Another text on Agatha Christie Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was an English writer. She has sold millions of copies of his books on police novels and why she is known as Queen of Crime. She was born in Torquay in England on September 15, 1890 into a wealthy family. As a child she learned to play the piano and singing. Her parents wanted her to turn singer, but she spent all her time writing. In 1914 she married Archibald Christie who she adopted the last name and had a daughter. (Rosalind Hicks) In 1917 she wrote her first book. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, where his main character, the detective Poirot, first appeared. But the book was not published until three years later. She wrote other books, but it was with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in 1926 she became famous. Sometime later, her husband wanted a divorce when she discovered Christie disappeared and was only found 11 days later in a hotel in Harrogate with amnesia. This mystery has never been unraveled and some people say was a plot to sell more books. In 1930 she married again with an archaeologist Max Mallowan, and he traveled extensively Christie. On these trips, she was inspired to write more books like "Murder on the Orient Express" (1934), "Murder in Mesopotamia" (1936), "Death on the Nile" (1937) and "They Came to Baghdad" (1951) . His most famous character was the detective Poirot. He is considered one of the best detective fiction. Another famous character was Miss Marple who was inspired by her grandmother. The play The Mousetrap has been one of the most recognized works of Christie, directed more than 13 thousand times in England. His books have become movies, TV series and plays. Agatha Christie died on January 12, 1976 of pneumonia.