![]() HER STEP-GRANDMOTHERĬhristie's step-grandmother Margaret West Miller, whom she called " Auntie-Grannie," was the model for Miss Jane Marple, one of her most well-liked characters. From "The Kittens" (with names like Clover and Blackie) to "The Girls"-other schoolchildren she pretended were her classmates (including a shy girl named Annie Gray and a frenemy named Isabella Sullivan)-Christie's wide assortment of imagined characters from childhood helped her shape the ones in her novels. ![]() HER IMAGINARY FRIENDSĬhristie wasn't sent to boarding school like her two older siblings were, so she filled her days by inventing imaginary friends to keep her company. In honor of her 125th birthday today, below are 15 of the countless influences the late Queen of Crime culled for her popular narratives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dame Agatha Christie is not only the most widely read novelist in the world-her 66 novels and 14 short story collections have sold more than 2 billion copies-but she's credited with creating the modern murder mystery. ![]()
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