Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson (born on 20 January 1903 at Moor Cottage, South Holmwood, Surrey, died on 21 September 1961 in Hampstead, London) was a British novelist, critic and broadcaster. Robertson was the daughter of Dr. George Arbuthnot Robertson (1860-1942), physician and surgeon, and his wife Elsie Margaret (née Binns). She had one sister, Maye. Robertson was educated at Sherborne School for Girls, which she strongly disliked. The family moved to London in 1917. She later described the atmosphere in the family as "stultifying". She continued her education for two years in France and Switzerland. Robertson took her first job, on the London-based magazine Answers, at the age of 19. In this year she also sat anonymously for the...