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This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume. It may be a performer's stage name or an alias used by ...
For example, the romance writer Nora Roberts writes mystery novels under the name J. D. Robb. In some cases, an author may become better known by his pen name than their real name. Some famous examples of that include Samuel Clemens, writing as Mark Twain, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, and Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell).
Note: The articles categorized here may be titled with a pseudonym or the real name of the writer. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out ...
A collective name, also known as a house name, is published under one pen name for works by the same publishing house even though more than one author may have contributed to the series. Novellas and paperback books credited to Maxwell Grant , featuring the adventures of The Shadow , were written largely by Walter B. Gibson but other writers ...
Pseudonymous writers (3 C, 160 P) Pages in category "Pseudonyms" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. ... Pen name; Pentawer; Bernhard Pollini;
The hit-spawning piano man and his longtime writing partner, Bernie Taupin, penned the smash "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" for singer Kiki Dee in 1976 under the names Ann Orson and Carte Blanche ...
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