P. D. James

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 3 August 1920), commonly known as P. D. James, is an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh. James was born in Oxford, the daughter of Sidney James, a tax inspector, and educated at the British School in Ludlow and Cambridge High School for Girls. James... More

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  • Aug 3, 1920 (age 91 years)

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  • Phyllis Dorothy (The Baroness) James,
  • P.D. James,
  • Pd James,
  • Phyllis Dorothy James

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  • 1991

Member of the House of Lords

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