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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT dame agatha christie Dame Agatha Chris�e wrote 66 detec�ve novels and 14 short story collec�ons over her career and was made a Dame in 1971 by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971 for her contribu�ons to literature. Her most well - known characters are the detec�ve Hercule Poirot who appeared in 33 of Chris�es novels and Miss Marple , an elderly lady with a knack for solving crimes who appeared in a further 12 novels and 20 short stories. Chris�e has been called the ‘Duchess of Death, the ‘Mistress of Mystery’, and the ‘Queen of Crime’ and is o�en considered one of the most important crime novelists of the 20 th century. Her book ‘ And then there were none’ , originally published in 1939 is the world’s best - selling mystery book of all �me and one of the best - selling books of all �me with over 100 million copies sold.