BackstoryĪgatha Christie was born in 1890 to a well-off family, and was a voracious reader from a young age, after teaching herself to read aged five. She also had a complex and, at some points, heartbreaking romantic life, which at one point led to a major mystery that still surrounds this beloved literary figure. Like many of her characters, Agatha Christie travelled the world, visited archaeological sites, and worked in the medical field in both the First and Second World Wars, a background which came into play in her writing. Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, has spoken about Christie as one of her main inspirations Stuart Turton’s The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastleis a Christie mystery with a time loop and books like The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley draw from Christie, with a country-house setting and a group of friends being picked off one by one.Ĭhristie’s real life was often as fascinating and unexpected as her stories. In addition to many Christie-inspired spoofs and pastiches, from Murder by Death to Knives Out, Agatha Christie’s work has also influenced multiple serious detective stories. Christie popularised the country house mystery, and the trope of gathering all the suspects together in one place for the denouement is strongly associated with Christie’s work. But who was Agatha Christie? Who was Agatha Christie?Īgatha Christie’s work was hugely influential, not only on the detective genre, but on broader popular culture she’s been parodied in everything from The Simpsons to Muppets Tonight. I’ve loved Agatha Christie’s work ever since I watched my first episode of Poirot starring David Suchet (one of the best castings in literary adaptation history), and spent lockdown rereading my favourite Christie mysteries. In her long and prolific career, Christie wrote 66 novels and 14 short story collections, as well as several plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. The Queen of Crime, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, the best-selling novelist of all time - even people who don’t read detective novels know the name Agatha Christie.
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