<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dame Agatha Christie Lady Mallowan DBE </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (1890 - 09 - 15) 15 September 1890 Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 12 January 1976 (1976 - 01 - 12) (aged 85) Winterbrook, Oxfordshire, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> Church of St Mary, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England, UK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pen name </Th> <Td> Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, memoirist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> British </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Murder mystery, thriller, crime fiction, detective, romance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Literary movement </Th> <Td> Golden Age of Detective Fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable works </Th> <Td> Creation of characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Death on the Nile, The Murder at the Vicarage, Partners In Crime, The ABC Murders, And Then There Were None, The Mousetrap </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse </Th> <Td> Archibald Christie (m . 1914; div. 1928) Sir Max Mallowan (m . 1930--76; her death) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Rosalind Hicks (1919--2004) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> James Watts (nephew) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> agathachristie.com </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dame Agatha Christie Lady Mallowan DBE </Th> </Tr>

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