Arthur Upfield
Arthur Upfield was an English-Australian crime writer who created Napoleon Bonaparte, a Queensland detective of mixed Aboriginal and white ancestry, in one of the first crime series to engage seriously with Aboriginal Australian culture. His novels used the unique Australian outback setting to create atmosphere unlike any other crime series. His work is now also valued as an ethnographic record of disappearing Aboriginal traditions.
Works
- The Barrakee MysteryAustralian detective works Australian outback and Aboriginal culture on mystery cases
- Wings Above the DiamantinaHalf-Aboriginal detective investigates mysteries across Australia's remote frontier regions
- Murder Down UnderDetective solves mysteries in the Australian outback with Aboriginal cultural insights
- The Bone Is PointedAboriginal detective investigates murder linked to tribal traditions in the Australian outback
- The Mystery of Swordfish ReefDetective solves murder mystery on a coral reef island in remote Australia