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PD James talks to Mark Lawson on Radio 4's arts programme Front Row about crime writing and her 15th novel 'Death in Holy Orders' featuring her sleuth, Adam Dalgliesh.

Her books, often featuring Dalgliesh, sold in their millions around the world. Many were adapted for TV and film.

Born Phyllis Dorothy James on 3 August 1920, the author did not publish her first novel, Cover Her Face, until she was 42. Although it was a critical success, she continued working for the Home Office, where she held a job in the forensic science department, and then the criminal law department until 1979.

PD James died aged 94 on the 27 November 2014.

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2001.