P. D. James

P. D. James was recorded at birth as Phyllis Dorothy James. She also worked under the name P. D. James. The authorities additionally record the headings Phyllis Dorothy James, Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, Phyllis James and Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was Anglicanism.

She was the child of Sydney Victor James and Dorothy Amelia Hone. She married Connor Bantry White. 2 children are recorded: Clare Bantry White and Jane Bantry White.

P. D. James studied at Long Road Sixth Form College. Her recorded influences include Dorothy L. Sayers, Evelyn Waugh, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie and Jane Austen.

She was employed by British Broadcasting Corporation. Recorded positions include member of the House of Lords, Governor of the BBC and Booker Prize judge. She belonged to Royal Society of Literature. She worked at London, Suffolk and Notting Hill Gate.

P. D. James received Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Riverton International Honour Prize, Nick Clarke Award, The Grand Master, Cartier Diamond Dagger and Anthony Award.

57 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1795 to 2002.

Adam Dalgliesh. Cordelia Gray. The Children of Men. The Murder Room. The Skull Beneath the Skin. Death Comes to Pemberley. The Lighthouse. Cover Her Face. Death in Holy Orders. Original Sin. Unnatural Causes. A Certain Justice. A Mind to Murder. A Taste for Death. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Death of an Expert Witness. Devices and Desires. Innocent Blood. Shroud for a Nightingale. The Black Tower. The Maul and the Pear Tree. The Private Patient. Talking About Detective Fiction. Tales of Obsession. Country House Murders. The Verdict of Us All. Ellery Queen's murder menu. "What's so special about books?, or, how to answer the child who says that Dickens would have written for video if he'd had the chance". Murder Most Foul. Sans Les Mains. Par Action Et Par Omission. Les Meurtres. Meurtres En Blouse Blanche. Une Folie Meurtriere. The Detection Collection. P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries. P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries. Sightlines. Girl Who Loved Graveyards. The Mistletoe Murder. Victim. Sleep no more. A suitable job for a woman. No és feina de dones. Acts of the Apostles. Death of a Expert Witness. The Black Tower / Death of an Expert Witness / Innocent Blood / The Skull Beneath the Skin. NURSING STORIES. Murder in the Dark. Thompson, James P., dated 1987, held by Wellcome Collection. Lower, James P., dated 1993, held by Wellcome Collection. Death of an expert witness / P.D. James., dated 2002, held by Wellcome Collection. Boyer, P.D., dated 1965, held by Wellcome Collection. James Carmichael, M.D., F.R.C.P., dated 1933, held by Wellcome Collection. Complications in surgery and their management / edited by Curtis P. Artz, James D. Hardy., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Literature in letters, or, Manners, art criticism, biography, history, and morals, illustrated in the correspondence of eminent persons / edited by James P. Holcombe, LL. D., dated 1866, held by Wellcome Collection. Instruction catholique , par demandes et par reponses, sur les droits de l'autel et du trone. Où l'on prouve la vérité des principes combattus par les auteurs de la revolution de France. Par M. D. P. S. D. M. & C. D. P., dated 1795, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2429 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Sojourners’ Dystopia in P. D. James’s The Children of Men, Journal of Literature and Humanities, 2025. Revisiting “Pride and Prejudice”: P. D. James’s“Death Comes to Pemberley”, Parole Rubate, 2017. The Original Sin of Writing and Reading, Religions, 2026.

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

HijoS De Los Hombres (1992) — Internet Archive. Death in Holy Orders (2001) — Internet Archive. Death comes to Pemberley (2011) — Internet Archive. [C-3] P. D. James (1972) No apto para mujeres (1972) — Internet Archive. Wer Sein Haus Auf Sunden Baut (2005) — Internet Archive. A Taste for Death (1986) — Internet Archive. Cover Her Face (1962) — Internet Archive. unnatural causes shroud for a nightingale an unssuitable job for a woman (1984) — Internet Archive. The Skull Beneath the Skin (1983) — Internet Archive. La meurtrière (1988) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 43 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

P. D. James studied at Long Road Sixth Form College. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are detective fiction and crime. Dorothy L. Sayers, Evelyn Waugh and Margery Allingham are recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Residence is recorded at Suffolk and Notting Hill Gate. Employment is recorded with British Broadcasting Corporation. Positions recorded include member of the House of Lords and Governor of the BBC. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature.

Works named in the authority record are Cover Her Face.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Riverton International Honour Prize, Nick Clarke Award and The Grand Master.