P. D. James
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Phyllis Dorothy James (b. 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction.
Her detective novels include:
- Cover Her Face (1962) (introducing her Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh)
- A Mind to Murder (1963)
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972) (introducing her female sleuth called Cordelia Gray)
- Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
- Death in Holy Orders (2001)
P.D. James has also written a successful mainstream novel entitled Innocent Blood (1980) and the dystopian novel The Children of Men (1992).