2. Agatha Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English mystery writer. She also wrote romance novels under the pen name Mary Westmacott, but is still best remembered for her pen name Agatha Christie and her 66 detective novels. With two famous detective characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie is considered the Queen of Crime and one of the most important and creative writers of the genre. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Agatha Christie is the best-selling writer of all time in the detective genre, and second if other genres are included (only behind William Shakespeare). It is estimated that there have been about 1 billion copies printed in English and about 1 billion copies printed in 103 other languages of Christie's works sold. An example of the appeal of Agatha Christie's works abroad is that she is also the best-selling author of all time in France with 40 million copies sold in French (as of 2003). while the second ranked person, French writer Emile Zola, has only 22 million copies. Her play The Mousetrap also holds the record for the longest-running play in London theater history, debuting at the Ambassadors Theater on November 25, 1952 and still continuing to be performed. Up to now (2007) with over 20,000 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first person to receive the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Some of her famous works:
Murder on the Orient Express.
Murder case in Mesopotamia.
The third girl.
The goddess of revenge.
The secret in the suitcase.
Almost all of her works have been adapted into movies, some of which have been adapted multiple times, such as "Murder on the Orient Express", "Murder on the Nile River", "16:50 Train", and many of her works have also been adapted into TV dramas or video games.
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