Janet Morgan is a writer and consultant who lives near Oxford. She worked in the government's 'Think Tank' from 1978 to 1981 and now advises governments, companies and other organizations on long-range planning, new technology and different strategies. Her books include The House of Lords and the Labour Government 1964-70 and other publications on politics and broadcasting. She was the editor of the three-volume edition of The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister and of Backbench Diaries 1951-63 by Richard Crossman and was the co-editor, with Richard Hoggart, of The Future of Broadcasting. Agatha Christie was her first biography.
`A masterly an gripping biography ... Janet Morgan's study has merits far beyond merely keeping the faithful in touch with their vanished priestess.' ANTONIA FRASER, STANDARD `From it cool, beautifully paced and consistently entertaining narrative one gets a clear view of Christie's career and personality.' ROBERT BARNARD, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT `It lays, once and for all, the malicious rumours and vulgar gossip put about by other writers on the subject of Agatha Christie's ten days' disappearance in 1926, providing an authoritative, as well as authorised, explanation for the event.' T.J. BINYON, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS `Leaves not a stone unturned in the day to day doings of Mrs Christie; eighty-six years of bric-a-brac, people incidents houses, places, bills and interminable contract and copyright deals.' POLLY TOYNBEE, GUARDIAN