What was Agatha Christie’s nickname? What did Agatha Christie’s grandson call her?

Agatha Christie’s nickname was “Aggie”. Her grandson, Mathew Prichard, called her “Granny”. 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. Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE was born in Torquay, United Kingdom. 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.

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).

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.