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Author
The Resume
(September 15, 1890-January 12, 1976)
Best-selling writer of the 20th Century
Author of over 80 books, including 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920),' 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926),' 'Murder on the Orient Express (1934),' 'Ten Little Indians (1939)' and 'The Hollow (1946)'
Created the fictional sleuths Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Wrote more than a dozen plays, including 'The Mousetrap (1952)' and 'Witness for the Prosecution (1954)'
Why she might be annoying
Her stories center around rich, blue-blood types who get bumped off in posh locales.
Her murderers go to ridiculous lengths to commit their crimes, when a simple shove down a flight of stairs would usually suffice.
Her American characters often come off as yappy know-it-alls.
She was a teetotaler.
She vanished for three weeks in 1926, causing an international uproar. To this day, the reason behind her disappearance remains a - mystery! (Cue crack of thunder).
Why she might not be annoying
She volunteered as a nurse during World War I.
She was an amateur archaeologist.
Many of today's mystery writers recycle plots she devised decades ago.
She has millions of fans around the world.
Over 1 billion copies of her books have been sold (her sales are only surpassed by The Bible and Shakespeare).
Most of her books have been spawned into movie and TV adaptations.
Credit: JinnFiend
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Year In Review:
For 2009, as of last week, Out of 117 Votes: 36.75% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 85 Votes: 34.12% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 214 Votes: 44.39% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 172 Votes: 42.44% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 332 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 645 Votes: 48.06% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 778 Votes: 42.54% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1756 Votes: 39.92% Annoying
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