Complete the passage with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

Agatha Miller (1) was born (bear) on 15 September 1890 in Torquay in south-west England. Better known as Mrs Agatha Christie, she (2) wrote (write) altogether 78 mystery novels and 19 plays. Very few other crime writers (3) have written (write) more books than this, and few (4) have become (become) so immensely popular.

Ever since she (5) published (publish) her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, her books (6) have never been (never, be) out of print. They (7) have been translated (translate) all over the world, and, perhaps surprisingly, her sales (8) have actually increased (actually increase) since she, (9) died (die) in 1976. For a short time after her death they (10) fell (fall), so it was perhaps the screen that (11) revived (revive) her popularity.

People (12) have enjoyed (enjoy) Agatha Christie's stories for years, and her popularity currently (13) seems (seem) higher than it (14) has ever been (ever be). It is not of course the first time that an author (15) has become (become) more popular in death than in life.