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P.D. James' 100th anniversary, Aug. 3rd

From lenona321@lenona321@yahoo.com to rec.arts.mystery on Thu Aug 6 06:40:11 2020

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.mystery

She died in 2014.

https://pdjames.co.uk

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/faber-celebrates-centenary-p-d-james-birth-1176886
(from January)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/p-d-james-at-100-the-thrills-and-mysteries-of-her-life-as-a-crime-writer-1.5668963
(from July - this includes a 2000 interview)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/aug/04/reading-group-which-pd-james-novel-should-we-read-this-month

And WISH professional writers would stop saying "birthday" when they mean "anniversary." It's so damn misleading...I think it has to do with Americans' squeamishness about death.

http://knopfdoubleday.com/2020/08/03/happy-100th-birthday-p-d-james/

https://fictionophile.com/2020/08/03/the-queen-of-crime-100th-birthday-celebrating-p-d-james/

https://www.npr.org/books/authors/137889218/p-d-james
(several features)

Lenona.
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