Historical mystery
Literary subgenre
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| 2024 | In an interview, director John Hillcoat revealed that he and McCarthy had extensive discussions about the film adaptation of Blood Meridian, which McCarthy envisioned as a Faustian tale. |
| 2024 | Vanity Fair published an article discussing Cormac McCarthy's controversial relationship with Augusta Britt, revealing aspects of their past including when they began their relationship. |
| 2023 |
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A life-size bronze statue of Christie sitting on a park bench holding a book was unveiled in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
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| 2023 |
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The Telegraph reported that HarperCollins has edited several Agatha Christie novels to remove passages containing descriptions, insults, or references to ethnicity, using sensitivity readers to rework language in Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries written between 1920 and 1976.
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| June 13 2023 | Cormac McCarthy died at his home in Santa Fe at the age of 89. His passing was mourned by fellow author Stephen King, who regarded him as 'maybe the greatest American novelist of my time.' |
| 2022 |
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A collection of new Miss Marple short stories called Marple was released, featuring stories by 12 different authors.
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| 2022 |
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Portrayed by Shirley Henderson in the comedy/mystery film 'See How They Run'.
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| December 6 2022 | Stella Maris, another final novel by McCarthy, was published. |
| November 22 2022 | Cormac McCarthy's second companion novel, Stella Maris, was announced to be released, marking his first novel with a female protagonist since Outer Dark. |
| October 25 2022 | McCarthy's final novel, The Passenger, was published. |
| October 25 2022 | The New York Times reported that Cormac McCarthy's novel The Passenger was scheduled to be released. |
| 2021 | A fake Twitter account impersonating McCarthy was briefly marked verified following a viral tweet. |
| 2021 |
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The Christie family supported the release of a collection of new Miss Marple short stories called Marple, written by 12 different authors.
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| 2020 |
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Christie was commemorated on a £2 coin by the Royal Mint to mark the centenary of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
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| 2020 |
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James Prichard became the chairman of Agatha Christie Limited, and HarperCollins began reissuing Christie's novels with removed ethnically sensitive passages.
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| 2020 |
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Subject of novels by Andrew Wilson featuring her as a detective, including 'A Talent For Murder', 'A Different Kind of Evil', 'Death In A Desert Land', and 'I Saw Him Die'.
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| December 2020 |
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Subject of Marie Benedict's novel 'The Mystery of Mrs. Christie', which reconstructed her 1926 disappearance and was listed on USA Today and The New York Times Best Seller lists. Benedict was named a Hall of Fame author by Library Reads.
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| September 16 2019 |
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Portrayed by Honeysuckle Weeks in the Canadian television series Frankie Drake Mysteries, helping solve a disappearance and poisoning case in the first episode of season 3.
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| 2018 | Another fake Twitter account impersonating McCarthy was created. |
| 2018 |
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Portrayed in the alternative history television film 'Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar', involving a murder case at an archaeological dig in Iraq.
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| 2017 |
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Kenneth Branagh released a new film version of Murder on the Orient Express, starring and directing.
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| 2017 | He published the essay 'The Kekulé Problem,' which explores the human unconscious and the origin of language. |
| 2016 |
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Royal Mail issued six first-class postage stamps featuring Agatha Christie's detective works to mark the centenary of her first detective story, including titles like The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Murder on the Orient Express.
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| 2016 | A Twitter hoax falsely claimed that Cormac McCarthy had died, which was later debunked by the Los Angeles Times. |
| 2015 |
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Marked the 125th anniversary of her birth, with 25 contemporary mystery writers and a publisher discussing her influential works and continued significance in the mystery genre.
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| 2015 | The announcement of McCarthy's next novel, The Passenger, took place at a multimedia event hosted by the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe. |
| September 2015 |
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In celebration of Christie's 125th birthday, her novel And Then There Were None was named the 'World's Favourite Christie' in a vote sponsored by her estate, highlighting her enduring popularity and literary impact.
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| 2014 | Cormac McCarthy became a trustee for the Santa Fe Institute, a multidisciplinary research center focused on complex adaptive systems. |
| February 2014 |
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The BBC acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK, planning new productions for her 125th birth anniversary.
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| 2013 |
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The Crime Writers' Association voted The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as the 'best whodunit ever written', recognizing Christie's exceptional storytelling and innovative narrative technique.
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| 2013 |
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The Christie family supported the release of a new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders, written by Sophie Hannah.
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| 2013 |
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Voted 'best crime writer' in a survey of 600 members of the Crime Writers' Association of professional novelists.
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| 2013 | A Twitter account impersonating Cormac McCarthy was created by Scottish writer Michael Crossan, gaining thousands of followers before being confirmed fake by McCarthy's publisher. |
| October 25 2013 | 'The Counselor', directed by Ridley Scott and based on McCarthy's screenplay, was released to polarized critical reception. |
| 2012 |
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Selected by artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, celebrating her as a prominent British cultural figure.
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| 2012 | McCarthy was elected to the American Philosophical Society. |
| 2012 | McCarthy sold his original screenplay 'The Counselor' to producers Nick Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Steve Schwartz. |
| February 2012 |
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Chorion began selling off its literary assets, including its 64% stake in Agatha Christie Limited to Acorn Media UK.
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| 2011 |
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Named the second most financially successful crime writer of all time in the United Kingdom by the digital crime drama TV channel Alibi, with total earnings around £100 million.
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| 2011 |
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Depicted as a young woman in the Spanish historical television series Gran Hotel, where she finds novel writing inspiration while helping local detectives.
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| 2011 | His play The Sunset Limited was adapted into a film. |
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