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Agatha Christie was born in Devon, UK, in 1890.

She was a nurse during World War I.

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She has written many detective novels.

One of her characters is Miss Marpple, an elderly spinster, amateur detective.

Another famous character is Poirot, a private detective.

She wrote novels, short stories and plays. The Mousetrap went on for 60 years.

The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (Dame Comander of the Order of the British Empire) (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976)