“We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.”

English author, detective fiction writer

Agatha Christie was an English author, best known for her detective fiction. She lived under the name Agatha Christie and became one of the most widely read writers of the 20th century. She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, including stories built around Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and Miss Marple. Her work is especially associated with mystery and detective writing, and she is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time.