A Brief History of the Pseudonym: Pen Names & Personalities

Pen Names: What You Need To Know About Using A Pseudonym

Female authors sneaking their literary genius to readers wasn't exclusive to that time period. Prior to that, female writers all throughout history found ways to skirt sexism. Today's literary landscape shows that female authors still have to fight against bias, even without pen names. For example, a study found that the The New York Review of Books reviewed 71 female authors, as opposed to male authors; The New York Times reviewed women and men. Another study that same year analyzed how few female authors were being published versus male authors at major publishing houses.

From the jump, burgeoning authors have to keep these statistics in mind. When up-and-coming author J. Rowling was getting ready to publish her first Harry Potter book, her publishers asked her to change her name from Joanne to something with initials, in order to attract boy readers.

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And that's the catch for a lot of new authors. They just want their books published, and if it takes a name change, so be it. What's more, Rowling grabbed headlines in when it was revealed that she'd used a male pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, to release the crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling. On "Galbraith's" site, Rowling shares why she chose the pseudonym:. I certainly wanted to take my writing persona as far away as possible from me, so a male pseudonym seemed a good idea.

This just goes to show that no matter what the name is on the novel, a talented author can write from any perspective. As female readers overtake male readers, statistics show , the future of publishing might become more female-friendly. Advice columnists for Ask Ann Landers. A Book of Poetic Experiments. Used to conceal his identity for the initial publication of the novel Primary Colors.

British military commander after writing novels, short stories, and other publications earlier in his career. American crime fiction novelist and newspaper feature writer of nature and outdoor recreation topics. Creator of Wonder Woman comic book character. American author of The Land of the Sky. Used when publishing Spirits in Bondage and Dymer. Pen name used by BBC television drama screenwriters under certain circumstances.

American conspiracy theorist , researcher, and book author.

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Author of Fifty Shades of Grey. The pen name Lamb used as a contributor to The London Magazine. French author; only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his real name, and once under his pen name. Australian children's fantasy author; published crime fiction for adults under her own name; also writes under the alias Mary-Ann Dickinson. Authors of the fantasy novel series Warriors.

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Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in Late 20th-century creators of the science fiction-sitcom, Red Dwarf. Noted Indian poet, lyricist, director, and playwright, who works primarily in Hindi and Urdu languages.

Pen name of Sunrise animation staff members. Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet. Clara Augusta Jones Trask. Pen name has traditionally been adopted by dissident authors throughout the history of Islam, including a current writer from India.

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Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin. British author of the Harry Potter books. Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Authors of science fiction series The Expanse. Pen name used by three contemporary artists who changed their names in [3] to the name of the Slovenian right-wing politician. Author of Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.

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Screenwriting credit for Sister Act ; he refused to have his real name associated with it. Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov , and two others. Collective name who published in Sovremennik during — Author of Ali and Nino , a novel originally published in Author of the satiric The Lazlo Letters and other books; the name was taken from that of a deranged Hungarian-born Australian man named Laszlo Toth who vandalized Michelangelo's statue Pieta in Rome.

Author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Half-Chinese, half-English author of primarily mystery fiction such as the Simon Templar series. The author of The Third Eye , a supposedly authentic autobiography of a monk born in Tibet, was unmasked as a British plumber who had decided in to write the bestseller. Louise Hammond Willis Snead.

Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw. American author known for his website The Best Page in the Universe. Editor-in-chief of The Pilot.