Agatha Christie

This was on a newsletter I get that gives tips for struggling readers

http://athome.readinghorizons.com/emails/newsletters/2010/newsletter_november.aspx

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was a British crime fiction writer. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott.

Agatha Christie is the world’s best-known mystery writer and the all-time bestselling author of any genre other than William Shakespeare. Over a billion copies of her books have been sold in the English language, and another billion have been sold in over 45 foreign languages. In a writing career that spanned more than half a century, Agatha Christie wrote 80 novels and short-story collections. She also wrote over a dozen plays, including The Mousetrap, which opened in London on November 25, 1952, and is now the longest continuously running play in theatrical history, and And Then There Were None (also kown as Ten Little Indians), which opened in the West End of London in a new adaption by Kevin Elyot in 2005.

She was able to use her creative mind to her advantage. She was known for coming up with ideas for stories while shopping for a hat or overhearing a conversation at a café. She did not let her struggles with dyslexia overcome her; she overcame them and succeeded in grand style.