AGATHA CHRISTIE Agatha Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay in England. Her father was called Frederick Miller so she was born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. She was educated at home and studied singing and piano in Paris. In 1914 she married Archibald Christie, but then World War I had broken out. Agatha worked as a nurse in a Red Cross hospital in Torquay at that time and that experience was useful later on. Her first …showed first 75 words of 338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 338 total…Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, and in some books there was no particular main character. Agatha Christie also wrote six romantic novels under the name Mary Westmacott. Agatha's plays have also made her famous and her best known play, The Mousetrap, is most likely the best known mystery play in the world. Agatha was the president of the Detection Club. She became Dame Agatha in 1971. Agatha Christie died 12 January 1976, and two years later Max Mallowan died.