Agatha Christie married Archibald Christie, an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps, on Christmas Eve in 1914. The wedding took place at Emmanuel Church on Guthrie Road, Clifton, Bristol.
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Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot. According to UNESCO’s Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author.
Agatha Christie also wrote the world’s longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952.
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In 2013, Agatha Christie was voted the best crime writer, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best crime novel ever by 600 professional novelists of the Crime Writers’ Association.
In 1955, Agatha Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award. Later that year, Witness for the Prosecution received an Edgar Award for best play.
Agatha Christie’s first major recognition came with “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.


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