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"