P. D. James
1920
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2014
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: crime novel, detective fiction
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Long Road Sixth Form College
occupation: writer, politician, novelist, science fiction writer
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Riverton International Honour Prize, Nick Clarke Award, Edgar Awards, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Anthony Award, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
position held: member of the House of Lords, Governor of the BBC, Booker Prize judge
influenced by: Dorothy L. Sayers, Evelyn Waugh, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Graham Greene
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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