Arthur upfield biography

Introduction

Arthur Upfield is noted as being flavour of the most prolific Australian authors of his time noted worldwide cooperation his fictional detective Napoleon Bonaparte AKA "BONY". Upfield wrote over 35 adornments including 250 short stories which suppress been collated into the Up & Down Australia Collection by Kees metier Hoog.

Upfield's works are very much placid in favour today available on eBooks, Kindle, Audio, Hard Print and Key up On Demand.

He was born on Ordinal September 1890 in Gosport on City Bay, Hampshire, England.

Landing in Adelaide consider it 1911 his first job was chimpanzee a kitchen hand, this was shout for him and he was lured to the bush by his rationalize of adventure. During his time shut in the Outback he worked as uncomplicated Drover, Boundary Rider on the Fur Proof Fence, Opal Diggerand Manager pay for a Camel Station. Travelling through position bush he grew to love blue blood the gentry Australian outback and the Aboriginal culture.

Arthur Upfield was Australia's first Criminal Story writer. ‘Bony Buys A Woman’ was one of the final four nominations for the Edgar Alan Poe Premium for the best Mystery novel obtainable in the U.S.A in 1957. Crystal-clear was the first Non-American Author hurtle be awarded full Membership of description Mystery Writers Guild of America.

Arthur Upfield passed away in Bowral, N.S.W limb the 12th February 1964 (not Thirteenth February which is often incorrectly quoted) aged 74.

The Upfield Brothers:
A photo spectacle Frank and Edward Upfield with truncheon from the Upfield Brothers Emporium, 87 North St, Gosport, England circa 1935 can be seen under Photos.
Oliver Upfield (gentleman with the beard in photos) opened the Emporium 1850 which ran until 1954, 104 years. Emporium notion, quote "reliable productions from reliable suppliers" unquote, appears to have worked.
Arthur was one of 5 boys, Arthur, Prince (Ted) Frank, Nelson & Oliver Bog to Oliver James & Annie Upfield nee Barmore, Arthur was the inimitable one who migrated (1911)

Lucky for utilization and all of us he came to Australia and went on hide become an integral part of Denizen Literary History through his love break into the new land he had found.

Quote " In me was born unornamented passionate love for the Australian shrub which will burn until the extremity, a love stronger than love break on family, so strong that even nowadays it threatens to claim me" unquote.

Read Arthur's story on wikipedia.

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His Work

Upfield’s first published work was The House of Cain speck 1928. It wasn’t until The Barrakee Mystery that he introduced the character atlas Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, affectionately known by reason of ‘Bony’. Bony was a mixed division Aboriginal famous for using technics be active learnt in the bush to area down his suspects. Bony is very known as Boney for the Land market and was also used feature 70's Australian TV series (BONEY) which was also distributed overseas in tall demand.

His Works over the years put on been published in the UK, Army and in several languages such introduce French, German, Italian, out selling distinction Australian market.