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Agatha Christie's writing career 1) more
than 50 years and saw her hailed as the 'Queen of Crime'
for her hugely popular murder mystery novels. She wrote
over 60 2) novels and created some of
fiction's most famous 3)
, including
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The fictional detectives
became as iconic as Christie herself. In 1916, she wrote
her first novel after being 4)
by her sister
to write a detective novel. The novel, The Mysterious
Affair at Styles, became an instant 5)
when it was published in 1920. Christie's most famous
creation, Poirot, first 6)... in that
book, and he was to 7) in 32 more
novels. She became tired of Poirot's character, but she
8) the temptation to kill off her detective
while he was still popular because she thought her job
was to produce what the public liked. Christie also tried
other fictional 9) such as romantic
novels, poetry, plays and children's stories. Christie
received numerous awards and honours in her lifetime.
She died in 1976 at the age of 86.
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