P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of the Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of its Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors.
She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
James, P. D.. THE LIGHTHOUSE - Faber & Faber 2005For sale is a fine copy of the novel, The Lighthouse by P. D. James, published in 2005 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. THE PRIVATE PATIENT - Faber & Faber 2008For sale is a fine hardback copy of the novel, A Private Patient by P. D. James, published in 2008 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. THE MURDER ROOM - Faber & Faber 2003For sale is a fine hardback copy of the novel, The Murder Room by P. D. James, published in 2003 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS - Faber & Faber 2001For sale is a fine hardback copy of the novel, Death In Holy Orders by P. D. James, published in 2001 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. A CERTAIN JUSTICE - Faber & Faber 1997For sale is a fine hardback copy of the novel, A Certain Justice by P. D. James, published in 1997 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. ORIGINAL SIN - Faber & Faber 1994For sale is a fine hardback copy of the novel, Original Sin by P. D. James, published in 1994 by Faber & Faber.… |
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James, P. D.. COVER HER FACE - Scribners 1966For sale is a very good hardback copy of the novel, Cover Her Face by P. D. James, published in 1966 by Scribners.… |
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| UK 1st class £ | UK 2nd Class £ | Europe Airmail £ | World Airmail £ | World Surface £ | |
| 0.140 - 0.389 kg | 2.79 | 2.50 | 4.20 | 7.18 | 4.20 |
| 0.390 - 0.639 kg | 3.30 | 2.91 | 5.52 | 9.95 | 5.87 |
| 0.640 - 0.889 kg | 3.88 | 3.39 | 6.62 | 12.25 | 7.21 |
| 0.890 - 1.139 kg | 5.05 | 4.96 | 7.66 | 14.49 | 8.53 |