My English teacher, Miss Daisy Dalgliesh, really made Shake… - P. D. James

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My English teacher, Miss Daisy Dalgliesh, really made Shakespeare live for me, although I didn't see it on stage until I was an adult. I named my detective after her. It was years later that I found out her father was called Adam Dalgliesh.

P. D. James

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Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE FRSA FRSL (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), commonly known as P. D. James, was an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.

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Birth Name: Phyllis Dorothy James

Alternative Names: Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park • Phyllis James • Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James

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