PD James's was educated at the British School in Ludlow and Cambridge High School for Girls.
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12 Facts About PD James
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PD James's had to leave school at the age of sixteen to work to take care of her younger siblings, sister Monica, and brother Edward, because her family did not have much money and her father did not believe in higher education for girls.
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PD James's worked in a tax office in Ely for three years and later found a job as an assistant stage manager for the Festival Theatre in Cambridge.
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PD James's married Ernest Connor Bantry White, an army doctor, on 8 August 1941.
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PD James's began writing in the mid-1950s, using her maiden name .
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PD James's worked in government service until her retirement in 1979.
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PD James's was an Anglican and a lay patron of the Prayer Book Society.
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Over her writing career, PD James wrote many essays and short stories for periodicals and anthologies, which have yet to be collected.
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PD James's revealed in 2011 that The Private Patient was the final Dalgliesh novel.
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PD James's is survived by her two daughters, Clare and Jane, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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