William Moy Thomas (1828–1910) was an English journalist, literary editor and novelist.
[1] In 1866-7 Thomas was London correspondent of the New York Round Table, under the signature "Q", and in 1868 he joined the staff of the Daily News, writing the weekly article In the Recess and the drama criticism.
He was honorary secretary of the Authors' Protection Society (1873), and lobbied for the Royal Commission on copyright, which reported in 1878.
He was drama critic for The Academy from 1875 to 1879, and for The Graphic from 1870 until dropping out of journalism some nine years before his death.
His first book was an edition of the Poetical Works of William Collins (1858), with notes and biography.