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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.
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William Sydney Porter, known widely by his pen name O. Henry or Olivier Henry, in 1909. A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
Some authors, such as Harold Robbins, use several literary pseudonyms. [18] Some pen names have been used for long periods, even decades, without the author's true identity being discovered, as with Elena Ferrante and Torsten Krol. Joanne Rowling [19] published the Harry Potter series as J. K. Rowling.
During the debates over the design and ratification of the United States Constitution, in 1787 and 1788, a large number of writers in the popular press used pseudonyms. This list shows some of the more important commentaries and the (known or presumed) authors responsible for them.
9 musicians who used pseudonyms, from Prince and Taylor Swift to Harry Styles and Paul McCartney. Billboard. ... Check out some of the most famous pseudo jobs in music history: Taylor Swift.
Jackson Cole, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) Ralph Compton (1934–1999) Robert J. Conley (1940–2014) Will Cook (William Everett Cook) (1921–1964) Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886–1940) James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) Barry Cord, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) Ralph Cotton; William R. Cox (1901–1988) Bill Crider (1941–2018) Elizabeth ...