Ernest Robertson Punshon (1872-1956) was an English novelist and literary critic who wrote in a number of genres but is chiefly remembered for his crime fiction. He created Police Constable Bobby Owen, who rises through the ranks to become a Scotland Yard commander across 35 novels published between 1933 and 1956, beginning with Information Received. He also wrote as Robertson Halkett, and reviewed many of Agatha Christie's novels for The Guardian.
