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Reasons for writing.(detective novelists P.D. James)(Interview)

The Christian Century | September 27, 2000 | Copyright

ONE OF contemporary England's celebrated writers, P. D. James has published 14 novels and three works of nonfiction. Adam Dalgliesh, the main character of her detective fictions, has become a favorite of readers of mysteries and many TV watchers as well. Original Sin (1995) and A Certain Justice (1997) are the two most recent Dalgliesh novels that have been dramatized on the TV series Mystery. James's novel The Children of Men (1992), which she calls "a Christian fable," has won acclaim in both critical and religious circles. A devoted churchwoman, James discusses her religious…

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