She is a writer, an author of crime novels. She loves apples. She is characterized by a rather careless appearance and absent-mindedness. She is a widow. She is friends with Hercule Poirot. Ariadne is perceived as an authority in the field of forensics, although she admits that she gets all her ideas from her imagination. Her popularity causes embarrassment for Ariadne Oliver - she avoids official meetings with her admirers at all costs. She is a bit of a feminist. She believe in women intuition