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 P.D. James was awarded the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award in 1999. Like Agatha Christie, she created an urbane male detective with an interesting dose of neuroses and affectations.
Adam Dalgliesh (named for one of her teachers) writes poetry, mournfully misses his deceased wife and child, and seems never to fully connect with romantic partners or colleagues.
In a P.D. James mystery, the minor figures are as interesting as the major suspects. And when she probes the psychological and sometimes warped depths of her characters, even the innocent reveal dark interior terrains of the heart and mind.
James worked from 1968 to 1979 as principal administrative assistant in London's police and criminal policy departments. She became a full-time writer after retiring in 1979. By that time, she had produced seven successful novels.
In 2000 P.D. James celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.
The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford. [edit]
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