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"The greatest mystery of all is the human heart, and that is the mystery with
which all good novelists are concerned."
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, better known
as P. D. James, was born in 1920. Leaving school at 16 due to financial
hardships at home, she took a variety of jobs before joining the National Health
Service to support her family. She moved to the Civil Service in 1968 and
worked there until she retired to write full-time in 1979. She wrote her
first novel,Cover Her Face, the first in the Adam Dalgliesh series, on
the train to and from work It was published in 1962
For a more complete biography of P.D. James and more quotes, please see this
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This article relates to The Lighthouse.
It first ran in the November 12, 2006
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