Agatha Christie · every age

What was Agatha Christie doing at 25?

Six rejections, then two billion books sold

1. c. 1916

   Wrote her first detective novel, at 25

   The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduced Hercule Poirot. Six rejections followed.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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