Year of Agatha

Lessons on writing and life from the Queen of Crime

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Agatha Christie, Life Lesson #3. “I embarked lightheartedly”: Be Open to Challenges

What’s the last thing you did simply because someone dared you to do it? (Not stick your tongue to a frozen pole. We’re talking about interesting…

May 4 •

Andromeda Romano-Lax

Agatha Christie, Lesson #2: "The importance of books, re-reading, solitude and time"

The Victorians hot-housed flowers, but they didn't necessarily hothouse their children. What we can learn from Agatha's low-key, unschooled childhood.

Apr 6 •

Andromeda Romano-Lax

Agatha Christie, Life Lesson #1: “Very few of us are what we seem.”

The joy in discovering that the author you wrote off as irrelevant may be just the woman to teach us how to bounce back, be wildly productive, deal with…

Mar 9 •

Andromeda Romano-Lax

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