We’re celebrating the birthdays of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot at Austin Mystery Writers. Come on over and have some words. (I wish we could invite you for cake.)
Posted by Kathy Waller
This month mystery lovers celebrate two of the most important figures in the history of crime fiction:
~ Agatha Christie, who was born on September 15, 1890, and whose mysteries have outsold everything except Shakespeare and the Bible; and
~ Hercule Poirot, who, having appeared in 1916 in Christie’s first published novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, is marking his one hundredth birthday.
The Royal Mail is observing the occasion with a special stamp issue focusing on six of Christie’s novels. Each stamp contains clues and features related to a specific book. “As the solving of mysteries is the focus of Christie’s art,” said a spokesman for the Royal Mail, “it is fitting that the public have to turn detective to find the hidden words and images in each stamp.”
A series of literary events–Agatha Christie Birthday Celebrations: Marking 100 Years of Creativity–is in progress, including those in Torquay
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Kathy Waller 
Awesome! I’m just in the middle of rereading some Christie!
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