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Revision as of 03:13, 31 March 2002 by Deb (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.
Pen names of famous authors include:
- Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
- 'BB' (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)
- Beachcomber (D.B. Wyndham-Lewis and John Bingham Morton)
- Acton Bell, Currier Bell, and Ellis Bell (Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte)
- Boz (Charles Dickens)
- Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
- Murray Leinster (William Fitzgerald Jenkins)
- Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
- Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée)
- Pauline Réage (Dominique Aury)
- Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
- George Sand (Armandine Lucie Aurore Dupin)
- Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
- James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon)
- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorn Clemens)
- Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)