Thomas Head Raddall OC FRSC (13 November 1903 – 1 April 1994) was a Canadian writer of history and historical fiction.

[3] He later took a job as a clerk at a pulp and paper mill in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, where he began his writing career.

There, Raddall came in contact with the master American swindler and fugitive from justice, Leo Koretz, who was using the alias, Lou Keyte.

He received Governor General's Awards for three of his books, The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek (1943), Halifax, Warden of the North (1948) and The Path of Destiny (1957).

[5] Raddall's early works included studies of privateering, civic and marine history, and Canada during the War of 1812.