Agatha Christie is arguably the world's most popular mystery author. Her books have sold around four billion copies. After Shakespeare's works and the Bible, Agatha's works rank third for books most widely published. Her works have been translated in over one-hundred languages. Her play The Mousetrap holds the record for longest run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on November 25, 1952 and as of this year, is still going strong after more than 24, 600 performances.
Agatha Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award. She also won an Edgar Award. Her works have been adapted for television, movies, video games, radio, and comics.
When she married her second husband, they often went on archaeological trips together. She would work on her stories in tents, and she would also help restore and label ancient artifacts, such as cleaning ivory pieces, taking field notes, reconstructing pottery, developing photos. Since she didn't want to influence the funding of the digs, she would always pay for her own lodging and travel expenses, and she supported the excavations as an anonymous sponsor. Christie died on January 12, 1976 at age 85.
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