This page talks about various hoax letter writers.

Henry Root

Henry Root is the creation of writer William Donaldson who wrote to numerous public figures with unusual or outlandish questions and requests.

The books were published as Letters and Further Letters by Henry Root and a more recent The Complete Henry Root Letters by William Donaldson.

Henry Raddick

There is a lexilink between Henry Root and Henry Raddick (Raddick is an anglification of Radix, meaning root) who writes 'unusual' reviews (bordering on crank/prank territory). Nevertheless, speculation has been rife as to who Henry Raddick is. Besides Donaldson, suspects include Charles, Prince of Wales. This has been denied by royal staff.

The same person is also the author of various fake reviews puporting to be by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

External links

• Henry Raddick's Amazon reviews listing
• Henry Raddick: man of letters - Amazon star
• "I am not Henry Raddick!" - HRH Prince of Wales
• Lloyd Webber web hoaxer unmasked
• Henry Raddick discussion at Metafilter

Others

Other prank mail includes:

• Ted L. Nancy - possibly the creation of comedian Jerry Seinfeld
• Lazlo Toth - the creation of Don Novello, the actor who played Father Guido Sarducci on Saturday Night Live.
• W. Morgan Petty - the nom de plume of Brian Bethell.
• Rochester Sneath - the fictional headmaster of the fictional British public school of Selhurst, created by Humphrey Berkeley

See also

• Diary of a Nobody - a fictional diary written by George Grossmith