Who owns Agatha Christie rights? How many books did Agatha Christie write in her lifetime?

Agatha Christie Limited (ACL) has been managing the literary and media rights to Agatha Christie’s works around the world since 1955 when the company was set up by Christie herself.

It is now chaired and managed by Agatha Christie’s great-grandson James Prichard. 64% of ACL is owned by RLJ Entertainment, a premier independent owner, developer, licensee, and distributor of entertainment content and programming primarily in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. 36% is owned by Agatha Christie’s family.

Agatha Christie wrote some 75 novels, including 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. Her works are reportedly outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible.

Some of her most famous works include “The Mousetrap,” “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” and “And Then There Were None”.  Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot.

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.