Arthur W. Upfield

Arthur William Upfield was an English-born Australian crime writer, best known for his novels featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police, a mixed-race Aboriginal detective who solves cases in the Australian outback.

Born in Gosport, Hampshire, he was sent to Australia in 1911, served with the Australian Imperial Force in the First World War, including at Gallipoli and in France, and after returning to Australia in 1921 spent years in outback jobs that shaped his interest in Aboriginal culture and the bush.

His first Bonaparte novel, The Barrakee Mystery, appeared in 1929, and The Sands of Windee followed in 1931. He wrote more than thirty Bony novels, several adapted for television as Boney (1972-73). He died in Bowral, New South Wales, in 1964.