Editing Quentin Crisp (section)

===Posthumously published works===
In the two years before his death (1997–1999), Crisp had been compiling a work that was initially to be titled ''The Dusty Answers'' with Philip Ward. Crisp and Ward developed material for this book through many hours of recorded interviews, which was necessary because Crisp had lost the use of his left hand and he was unable to use a typewriter or computer. The resulting manuscript remained unpublished for eighteen years after Crisp's death, because Ward found it emotionally difficult to transcribe Crisp's words. A chance meeting with Laurence Watts, who interviewed Ward for ''[[Pink News]]'', led them to co-edit Crisp's remaining work.

On 21 November 2017, MB Books published ''The Last Word: An Autobiography'', written by Crisp's friend, Philip Ward, on the basis of tape recordings made of Crisp's dictations, and edited by Ward and Watts. Whereas ''The Naked Civil Servant'' made Crisp famous, and ''How To Become A Virgin'' detailed that fame and his life in New York, ''The Last Word'' was written as a goodbye to the world, with Crisp knowing the end was near. In it he recounts several previously untold stories from his life, walks the reader through his journey from obscurity, reflects on his philosophy and gender identity. <ref name="pink" />

In January 2019, MB Books published ''And One More Thing'', a companion book to ''The Last Word: An Autobiography'', again edited by Ward and Watts. This book contains material that the editors believed did not fit into ''The Last Word''. In ''And One More Thing'', Crisp primarily shares his views on other people, their lives and their opinions, from [[flapper]] girls to [[Monica Lewinsky]], and from the [[British Royal Family]] to [[Walt Disney]]. Also included are his collected poems, the script for his [[Alternative Christmas message]] broadcast on Britain's [[Channel 4]] in 1993, and the script of his one-man show ''An Evening With Quentin Crisp''.