P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James , Baroness James of Holland Park , ( 3 August 1920 -- 27 November 2014 ) , known as P. D. James , was an English crime writer .
P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James , Baroness James of Holland Park , OBE , FRSA , FRSL ( 3 August 1920 -- 27 November 2014 ) was an English writer of crime fiction .