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CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Autograph Letter Signed, twice (“Dame Agatha Christie”
and “Agatha Christie”), to Wayne Perlmutter, giving a brief account of how she began her
writing career. 1 page, 12
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/
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x6 inches, written on an air letter, pale blue paper; short closed
tear in right margin. Return and recipient addresses in her hand, on the verso.
“Winterbrook House,” 12 October 1973 [from postmark]
[800/1,200]
“
. . . I started writing poetry when I was about 13 or 14 & occasionally got a poem accepted
for a small sum by
The Poetry Magazine.
“
Tried my hand at writing stories and detective books later & finally got a book accepted in
about 1921 after something like 30 or 40 rejections. It never occurred to me that I should ever
become a professional author!”