Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed in 1920 when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring detective Hercule Poirot, was published. Her first husband was Archibald Christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928. Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926, she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days. During both World Wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays. Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on digs in the Middle East and used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction.
christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in torquay devon and was largely home-schooled she was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections but this changed in 1920 when the mysterious affair at styles featuring detective hercule poirot was published her first husband was archibald christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928 following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926 she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days during both world wars she served in hospital dispensaries acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels short stories and plays following her marriage to archaeologist max mallowan in 1930 she spent several months each year on digs in the middle east and used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction