Band 6: Talk about your favourite writer (author). Talk about: who he/she is what he/she usually writes about what his or her best work is and why you like this author. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'd like to talk about Agatha Christie, who is definitely my favorite author. She was a British author who mainly focused on writing detective novels full of unexpected action and mystery. I first discovered her books when I was 14, and in my view, the best work of Agatha Christie is Murder on the Orient Express, where you cannot find the murderer because there are a lot of suspects on the train. She concentrated mainly on characters, and those characters are intelligent and logical, which makes her works more interesting. I like her because of her unexpected plots.

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I’d like to talk about Agatha Christie, who is definitely my favorite author. She was a British author, who is mainly focused on writing detective novels full of unexpected actions and mystery. I first discovered her books when I was 14 and in my view the best work of Agatha Christie is murder on the Orient Express where you cannot find murder because there are a lot of suspects in the train and she she concentrated mainly on characters besides that characters are intelligent and brilliant logic logical and it makes her works more interesting and I like here because of your unexpected works

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