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Who is the best-selling fiction writer of all time?

Agatha Christie is the best-selling fiction writer of all time, with an estimated two billion books sold.

Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" has run continuously in London since 1952, making it the longest-running play in history.

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days, sparking a massive search before she was found at a hotel.

Agatha Christie learned about poisons while working in a hospital dispensary.

Agatha Christie wrote romance novels under the pen name Mary Westmacott.

When Agatha Christie killed off Hercule Poirot in 1975, the New York Times ran his obituary on the front page.

Agatha Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan.

Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" is the best-selling mystery novel of all time.

Agatha Christie is the most translated individual author.

Agatha Christie was one of the first British people to stand-up surf, in Hawaii in 1924.