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Just read that Agatha Christie wrote her first novel on a dare from her sister, found that in a biography at my local library.
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spencerm466mo ago
Huh, that's interesting. I always heard it was because she bet her friend she could write a good detective story.
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zara_king6mo ago
But what if the bet story is just a cover? Maybe she was tired of people asking where she got her ideas and made up a simple answer that sounded better than "I was thinking about poison while sorting the mail.
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vera_campbell6mo ago
The biography I read said it was a ten shilling bet with her sister Madge. That's a specific amount of money for the time, not just a vague story. Writers often give a tidy answer because the real process is messy and hard to explain. I'd trust the documented bet over a later rumor.
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