1. P.D. James | British Crime Novelist & Detective Fiction Writer | Britannica
4 okt 2024 · P.D. James (born August 3, 1920, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died November 27, 2014, Oxford) was a British mystery novelist best known for ...
P.D. James was a British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. The daughter of a middle-grade civil servant, James grew up in the university town of Cambridge. Her formal education, however, ended at age 16 because of lack of funds, and she was
2. Baroness James of Holland Park P. D. James - British Council Literature
Crime novelist P. D. James was born in Oxford on 3 August 1920, the eldest daughter of an Inland Revenue Official. The family moved to Cambridge when she was ...
P.D. James was one of the most successful detective novelists working in Britain today. Her writing has been praised for its sophisticated narrative techniques and its complex and multifaceted characters. These are features not usually associated with such popular literary genre as the detective story. James has actually declared that she prefers the term 'crime novel', thus advocating renewed literary dignity for the genre. Over the years, James claimed, the conventions of the detective story shifted away from their original 'in the past, psychological truth was too often sacrificed to the demands of plot' so that the detective story was often classified 'as a subliterary form'. Yet, according to James, 'The modern detective story has moved away from the earlier crudities and simplicities. Crime writers are as concerned as are other novelists with psychological truth and the moral ambiguities of human action.' Influenced by such diverse writers as Jane Austen, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey, and G. K. Chesterton, James’s fiction is designed to blend 'a genuine mystery with the novel of social realism'. Her literary production also includes the dystopian novel The Children of Men (1992), the autobiography Time to Be in Earnest (1999) and The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 (1971), co-authored with T. A. Critchley.
3. P.D. James - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
James was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on August 3, 1920, the daughter of a tax official. She ended her formal education at Cambridge Girls' High ...
(1920–2014). In January 1991, British mystery writer Phyllis Dorothy James White became Baroness James, but her readers recognized the novelist wrapped in the ermine robes of…
4. James, P.D. 1920– | Encyclopedia.com
PERSONAL: Born August 3, 1920, in Oxford, England; daughter of Sidney Victor (a tax Officer) and Dorothy May Amelia (Hone) James; married Ernest Conner Bantry ...
James, P.D. 1920–[A pseudonym] (Phyllis Dorothy James White) Source for information on James, P.D. 1920–: Concise Major 21st Century Writers dictionary.
5. P.D. James (Author of Death Comes to Pemberley) - Goodreads
Author Details. Born in Oxford, The United Kingdom on August 03, 1920. Died on November 27, 2014. Genre: Crime, Mystery, Suspense ...
Author of The Children of Men, Cover Her Face, and The Black Tower
6. Obituary: PD James - BBC News
27 nov 2014 · Phyllis Dorothy James was born in Oxford on 3 August, 1920, the daughter of a civil servant. Her parents did not have a happy marriage; her ...
The life of the crime fiction writer, who created the cerebral police officer, Adam Dalgliesh
7. P.D. James - Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells
PD James was born in Oxford and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in ...
See AlsoFerhnviP. D. James was born in Oxford and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in
8. PD James obituary - The Guardian
27 nov 2014 · She was born in Oxford, daughter of Sidney, a tax inspector, and Dorothy (nee Hone). It was, she said, an unhappy home. The family moved to ...
Crime writer whose poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh featured in a series of bestsellers
9. P.D. James | Official Publisher Page - Simon & Schuster
P. D. James (1920–2014) was born in Oxford in 1920. She worked in the National Health Service and the Home Office From 1949 to 1968, in both the Police ...
P. D. James (1920–2014) was born in Oxford in 1920. She worked in the National Health Service and the Home Office From 1949 to 1968, in both the Police Department and Criminal Policy Department. All that experience was used in her novels. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy, and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honour for Literature. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991.
10. About - P. D. James
PD James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer best known for her books starring poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh.
P. D. James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer best known for her books starring poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh. She wrote nineteen novels as well as several short story collections and works of non-fiction. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages, and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Among many international prizes, awards... Read more »
11. P. D. James Biography - family, children, parents, story, death ...
PD James was born Phyllis Dorothy James on August 3, 1920, in Oxford, England, the oldest of three children.
Born: August 3, 1920 Oxford, England English author
12. P. D. James | Biography, Books, Videos, Quotes | Faber
PD James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer best known for her books starring poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh.
P. D. James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer best known for her books starring poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh.
13. P.D. James author biography - BookBrowse.com
22 jul 2013 · P.D. James biography: Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, better known as P. D. James, was born on August 3 1920 in ...
P.D. James biography: Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, better known as P. D. James, was born on August 3 1920 in Oxford, ...
