Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. She wrote 66 detective novels and 15 short story collections that have sold over 2 billion copies, a staggering number surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. She wrote 66 detective novels and 15 short story collections that have sold over 2 billion copies, a staggering number surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.