- In 1983 she was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E) by the Queen.
- A Governor of the BBC, 1988-1993.
- British crime novelist, author of twenty books and creator of sleuth Adam Dalgliesh. Began writing relatively late in life, her first published novel being "Cover Her Face" in 1962.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
- Educated at Cambridge Girls' High School.
- In 1991 she was created "Baroness James of Holland Park" but is still popularly known as "P.D. James"
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