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Herge, the author of Tintin was born on 22 May 1907 in Etterbeck, Belgium. He developed a passion for art during his school years between 1914 and 1918 in occupied Brussels and he used to fill his schoolbooks with random sketches of the German invaders. He enrolled in the Boy Scouts while studying at college and contributed various illustrations to Scouting magazines.
By 1925 he was fortunate enough to be offered a position at the Catholic newspaper Le XXe Siecle. Here, under the guidance of editor Norbert Wallez, his first cartoon series – Totor – was published, followed by a variety of pieces for a children’s supplement.
Agatha Christie was a prolific writer and by the age of 67 she had written 57 best sellers and was to attain a career total of 79 crime novels and 19 plays. She also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott.
The demand for Agatha Christie collectables just grows and grows. Her old home, Greenway House in Devon, is now owned by the National Trust and the grounds are open to visitors. The house is being restored and the Trust hopes that it will open to visitors in 2009.
There is a worldwide interest in Agatha Christie and not only do new editions and collections of her work appear almost every year, but the collector also has a bewildering choice of TV dramatisations and films to amass as well. Her most famous detective, Hercule Poirot has been brilliantly portrayed for TV by actor David Suchet and many fine dramatisations have been enjoyed by millions of people around the world.