A drama series on Agatha Christie as a teenager is in the works

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Independent studio wiip is developing a drama on the iconic British crime author, from British writers Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham, that will "tell the story of how a precocious teenager mourning her father’s death became one of the most prolific and beloved mystery novelists of all time," according to Deadline. "Set in the early 1900s in Devon, England, Pollock and Graham are planning on writing an action-packed drama, which will be titled Young Agatha. They said it would be a 'dynamic and supercharged coming-of-age story' that would offer an “empowering and adventurous take on how she became the greatest mystery writer in history.”