W. Morgan Petty is the creation of Brian Bethell. W. Morgan Petty would write crank letters to numerous organisations expressing typical cocnerns for mid-1980s Britain like nuclear war and the common market. Collections of his letters include:
The Defence Diaries of W. Morgan Petty (1985) (Penguin: ISBN 0140074295; Random House: ISBN 0394732634)
European Entries: the Common Market Papers of W. Morgan Petty (1986) (Penguin: ISBN 0140076719; Viking: ISBN 067080360X)
