Agatha Christie Trivia
How Much Do You Know About This Mystery Author?
© Sandy Mitchell
Sep 16, 2007
Agatha Christie, the author of 80 mystery novels and numerous short works, was something of an enigma. How much do you know about this best-selling mystery author?
Did you know...
Agatha Christie had one daughter, Rosalind Hicks, and one grandson, Matthew PrichardDame Agatha has sold over two billion copies of her mystery books.Ms. Christie's best-selling novel is And Then There Were None.Agatha Christie was married twice -- to aviator Colonel Archibald Christie in 1914 (they divorced in 1928.) and to archeologist Sir Max Mallowan in 1930.Dame Agatha's play, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running stage play in history. It is still performed six nights a week at St. Martins Theatre in London's West End.In her autobiography, Ms. Christie cites Alexander Dumas, Charles Dickens, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as early influences on her writing.Agatha Christie's favorite of her characters was Mr. Harley Quinn.
