Question: who invented the characters in and then there were none
Answer: Dame Agatha Christie Lady Mallowan DBE Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller ( 1890 - 09 - 15 ) 15 September 1890 Torquay , Devon , England , United Kingdom 12 January 1976 ( 1976 - 01 - 12 ) ( aged 85 ) Winterbrook , Oxfordshire , England Resting place Church of St Mary , Cholsey , Oxfordshire , England , UK Pen name Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie Occupation Novelist , short story writer , playwright , poet , memoirist Nationality British Genre Murder mystery , thriller , crime fiction , detective , romance Literary movement Golden Age