P.D. James Biography

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NAME: P.D. James
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: August 03, 1920 (Age: 92)
EDUCATION: Cambridge Girls' High School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Maiden Name: Phyllis Dorothy James
Full Name: Phyllis Dorothy James White
AKA: Phyllis James
AKA: P.D. James
ZODIAC SIGN: Leo

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P.D. James is an English mystery writer best known for her series of novels featuring fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard.

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James names several additional writers, past and present, as her literary heroes: they include George Eliot, Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Trollope, as well as mystery writers Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham and Ruth Rendell, a longtime friend.

Honors

James was decorated with the Order of the British Empire in 1983 and was named a peer of the House of Lords in 1991; her honorary title is Baroness James.

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