The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.īefore marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. The Miss Marple mysteries have inspired numerous plays, movies, and television series, including the long-running Marple on A&E.Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. Over her six decades as an author, she produced a total of 80 novels and short-story collections. Installments in this series feature other talented narrators, including two acclaimed English actresses, Emilia Fox and Stephanie Cole.ĭame Agatha Christie is best known for her two iconic sleuths, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and widely recognized for creating the modern murder mystery. Capturing Miss Marple’s essence, Hickson simply is the deceptively parochial lady with piercing insight to human wrongdoing. After playing Miss Marple on stage and in the BBC television series, for which she was awarded the OBE, the actress gives a sterling performance and vividly brings the modest yet razor sharp and resolute Jane Marple to life. Joan Hickson inhabits Miss Marple in all her unflappable charm.
Unassuming and astute, Miss Marple is always on the scene, quietly gathering clues, appraising suspects, and coming to clever resolutions. This beloved character, created by renowned mystery author Agatha Christie, frequently encounters the most baffling crimes in the most unlikely places as she goes about her daily life in the tiny English village of St. Murder in the village library, at the vicarage, or on a garden tour–nothing rattles the indomitable Miss Jane Marple, spinster and amateur sleuth. Miss Marple, elderly spinster and humble village resident, often finds herself at the center of murder in Agatha Christie’s celebrated series.
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