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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 ...
Attributing the profession of journalist to a fictional character allows many possibilities for the author: reporters may travel extensively and face adventures (like Tintin), are among the first to have news of disasters and crimes (like Clark "Superman" Kent and Peter "Spider-Man" Parker), and are supposed to be good at establishing communication.
A gag name is a pseudonym intended to be humorous through its similarity to both a real name and a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar. The source of humor stems from the double meaning behind the phrase, although use of the name without prior knowledge of the joke could also be funny.
Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist.He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his deadpan delivery. [1]
The Times Literary Supplement (London) called Dara "one of the most exciting American novelists writing today." [ 1 ] Widely believed to be using a pseudonym, Dara has given no interviews and has issued no photographs, and has chosen to publish his recent novels in English through his own press, Aurora.
Under the pseudonym "Ed Broth" (at one time thought by some to be a real prank author who submits joke letters to organizations and then publishes their responses), Marder wrote Stories From A Moron: Real Stories Rejected by Real Magazines, published in January 2005 by St. Martin's Press. The covers of the Ed Broth books show the title and ...
Youd continued to use the pen name John Christopher for the majority of his writing and all of his science fiction. [2] The Death of Grass has been reissued many times, most recently in the Penguin Modern Classics (2009). [2] In 1966 Youd started writing science fiction for adolescents, using the name John Christopher in every case.
Arthur Buchwald (BUK-wahld; October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his column in The Washington Post.At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspapers.