Agatha Christie parents: Who are Agatha Christie’s parents?

Agatha Christie was born to Frederick Alvah Miller, “a gentleman of substance”, and his wife Clarissa Margaret “Clara” Miller Boehmer. Her father was a stockbroker from New York, and her mother was the daughter of an army officer.

Agatha Christie was an English detective novelist and playwright known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, especially those centered around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

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.

Some of Agatha Christie’s notable film adaptations include And Then There Were None (1939; film 1945), Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017), Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978), and The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side (1952; film [The Mirror Crack’d] 1980).

Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None is one of the top-selling books of all time, with approximately 100 million copies sold.