Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls 2

Agatha Christie

Writer

Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved to write. Poems, love stories, mysteries, letters- she tried them all. Agatha wanted to be a professional writer more than anything. She talked about her dream with her dog, George Washington, during their daily walks. Each new place she and George visited, Agatha looked at as a setting for a story, and every time she met  someone, she wondered if that person could be one of her characters. Agatha sent her stories to magazines, but got turned down. The rejection letters kept piling up, but Agatha didn’t let that stop her. She was an avid reader and especially loved murder mysteries. So she wrote her own detective novel. “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” featured Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective with a glorious mustache. Many publishers turned down Agatha’s manuscript, but finally one said yes.