P. D. James
Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK — Aug 03 1920• Died Nov 27 2014
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Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (August 3, 1920 – November 27, 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. James was born in Oxford, the daughter of Sidney Victor James, a tax inspector, and his wife, Dorothy Mary James. She was educated at the British School in Ludlow and Cambridge High School for Girls. Her mother was committed to a mental hospital when James wa…
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P. D. James's Credits
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Dalgliesh
Writing
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
Children of Men
Café Customer (uncredited)
Dalgliesh
Creator
Death Comes to Pemberley
Writing
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Writing
A Taste for Death
Writing
Original Sin
Writing
Devices and Desires
Writing
Death of an Expert Witness
Writing
The Murder Room
Writing
A Certain Justice
Writing
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Writing
Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
Self
A Mind to Murder
Writing
The Black Tower
Writing
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Herself
Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen
Self