P. D. James
Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Oxford
- Educated at
- Long Road Sixth Form College
- Awards
- 🏆 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière🏆 Anthony Award🏆 Cartier Diamond Dagger🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts🏆 Bodley Medal
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Trending topics shown first"Oh yes he does. I may not be religious but I know my Bible. My mother saw to that. He bargains all right. But He's supposed to be just. If he wants belief He'd better provide some evidence."
"We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life."
"I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery."
"The intention of any novelist must surely be to make that straight avenue to the human heart."
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Timeline
1920
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