William Donaldson

William Donaldson was educated at Winchester and Cambridge and went into the theatre, producing Beyond the Fringe and The Bedsitting Room. His novels include Both the Ladies and the Gentlemen, Nicknames Only and Is This Allowed? His trivia include The Henry Root Letters, The Further Letters of Henry Root, Henry Root's World of Knowledge and Root Into Europe (filmed by ITV, 1991). Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics, received ecstatic reviews on its publication in autumn 2002. William Donaldson died in June 2005. He was described by the Daily Telegraph as 'a comic genius' and by Craig Brown as 'the Shakespeare of the toilet book'.