Max Mallowan Max Mallowan Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history. He was the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie. Born Edgar Mallowan in Wandsworth on 6 May 1904, he was the son of Frederick Mallowan and his wife Marguerite (née Duvivier), whose mother was mezzo-soprano Marthe Duvivier. He was educated at Rokeby School and Lancing College (where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh) and studied classics at New College, Oxford. He first worked as an apprentice to Leonard Woolley at the archaeological site
Mary Robison from severe writer's block and in an effort to overcome it she scribbled her thoughts on thousands of index cards. These cards were reworked to become the novel "Why Did I Ever", which consists of 536 short chapters. Her novel "One DOA, One on the Way" was chosen by Oprah Winfrey's Book Club for 2009 summer time reading. Robison has been married twice. Her second husband was author James Robison, whom she divorced in 1996. She has two daughters by her first husband. Mary Robison Robison was born to patent attorney Anthony Cennamo and F. Elizabeth (Cennamo) Reiss, a child