Thursday, November 27, 2014

PD James, Queen Of Crime Fiction Who Gave The World Detective Adam Dalgliesh, Dies Aged 94



The acclaimed crime novelist PD James has died at the age of 94. 
James, who became Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991, is the author of 20 detective novels and creator of the Adam Dalgliesh series.
She is survived by her two children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Her most famous works are the Adam Dalgliesh series, immortalised by actor Roy Marsden in film and television.
'It is with great sadness that the family of author P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, FRSL, FRSA, announce that she died peacefully at her home in Oxford on the morning of 27 November 2014, aged 94, a much-loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
'The family have requested privacy at this time,' a spokesman for the novelist said this morning.

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