P. D. James
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Britain and the United States. As well as her mystery novels, she wrote non-mystery novels, one excursion into science fiction, non-fiction, a play, short stories, articles, and an autobiography, and gave many talks and lectures. One critic considered her basically a novelist who happens to put her characters into mystery stories. Her books have been widely distributed in many countries and translated into many languages, including Japanese.
was a crime writer with a major reputation in both