Christie Biography

Christie became the best selling mystery author of all time. She also wrote the longest running play in modern theater called The Mousetrap. Before changing her name, Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in 1890 in Torquary, England. Her father was an outgoing American and she resembled her mother who was quite shy. She also grew up with two older siblings. Miller’s father died when she was eleven. She grew closer to her mother and they traveled together when her mom became restless.
In 1912, Miller met her future husband, Archie Christie. He was an aviator and they married in 1914 by a special license after he returned to the war in France on Boxing Day. Christie had a beautiful baby girl in 1919. Unfortunately, in the year 1926 both her mother passed away and Archie Christie left her for another woman.
Christie’s writing career really began when her sister challenged her to write a novel. Although it took her many years, because her publisher had suggested a final alternative chapter, she finally completed The Mysterious Affair at Styles. By 1930, she visited Baghdad. During her trip, she was informed that her daughter was seriously ill. A man named Max Mallowan who she met in Baghdad assisted her in her journey home. He proposed to her soon after they arrived in England, and she happily accepted. She accompanied him on his archeological trips where she continued to write. She died peacefully in 1976.


Works Cited
“The Queen of Crime.” Agatha Christie. 2009. Web. 8 April 2010. http://www.agathachristie.com/about-christie/the-queen-of-crime/biography/

“Agatha Christie from Encyclopedia of World Biography.” 2005. Web. 8 April 2010. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/agatha-christie/#bro_copy.