Edith Clampton

Mrs. Edith Clampton was a pseudononymous writer to the "Post Bag" (the letters to the editor section) of the Thai English newspaper, the Bangkok Post. Because of her frequent, comedically opinionated and often bizarre letters she came to be identified with the Post's letters page.

She first appeared in the early 1990s and continued contributing on a casual basis until 1996. Her regular appearances, portrayed as an upper-class, conservative expatriate with two servants, "Khun Hazel" and "Khun Parker", kept Post Bag pages topical and controversial. A collection of her letters and replies was published by the newspaper in 1996. Although the editorial staff of the newspaper were made aware of the true identity of Mrs. Clampton, in order to avoid publishing forgeries, the creator of the nom de plume remains a secret.

References

• Bangkok Post "educational services" page explaining how to write letters to the editor - citing Edith Clampton as an example.
• "Edith Clampton's Letters: And Readers' Responses to Post Bag", Post Books 1996. ISBN 9742020434
• Bangkok Post, 26 December 1993. Page 30. "Those Golden Moments of 1993" - Edith Clampton (Mrs) named "Almost Women of the Year".