List of pen names

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's 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 for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's name may be known only to the publisher, or may come to be common knowledge.

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List
Pen nameReal nameDetails
A. C. Q. W. (and W. A. C. Q.)Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston19th-century American writer
A. H. TammsaareAnton Hansen20th-century Estonian writer
A. J. FinnDaniel MalloryAuthor of The Woman in the Window
A LadyHannah Maynard Pickard19th-century American novelist
A.A. FairErle Stanley GardnerOne of several that he used
AapeliSimo Puupponen20th-century Finnish writer and chatty articler
Aaron WolfeDean Koontz
Abigail Van BurenPauline Phillips and then
Jeanne Phillips		Mother and daughter advice columnists for Dear Abby
Abram TertzAndrei Sinyavsky
Abu NuwasHasin ibn Hani al Hakami8th-century Arabic language poet (Persia)
Acton BellAnne Brontë
AdunisAli Ahmad Said EsberSyrian poet, essayist and translator
ÆGeorge William RussellIrish poet and theosophist (1867 - 1935)
AiguilletteMatilda Marian PullanBritish writer
Alan GouldVictor Canning
Alan SmitheevariousPen name used by American film directors under certain circumstances
Alberto MoraviaAlberto Pincherle
Alcofribas NasierFrançois Rabelais
Alex KavaSharon M. KavaAmerican author of psychological suspense novels.
Alexander KentDouglas Reeman
Algoth TietäväinenAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
Alice AclandAnne Wignall20th-century English author
Alice AddertongueBenjamin Franklin
Alice CampionDenise Tart, Jane St Vincent Welch, Jane Richards, Jenny Crocker and Madeline Oliverpen name for group of Australian writers who have been writing novels collaboratively since 2010.
Amanda CrossCarolyn Gold Heilbrun20th-century American mystery writer
Amanda QuickJayne Ann Krentz
AmeliaAmelia B. Coppuck Welby19th-century American poet
Ana Paula ArendtRailssa Peluti Alencar21st-century Brazilian author
Anatole FranceJacques Anatole François Thibault20th-century French author
Andre NortonAlice Mary Norton20th-century American fiction author whose other aliases include Andrew North and Allen Weston
Andrej ZivorAndrej Tisma
Andrew MacDonaldWilliam Luther Pierce
Ann LandersRuth Crowley and then
Eppie Lederer		Advice columnists for Ask Ann Landers
Anna L. CunninghamAda Langworthy CollierAmerican poet, writer
Anne ChapletCora Stephan20th-century German crime novelist and journalist
Anne HathawayMary Bigelow InghamAmerican writer, educator, social reformer
Anne KnishArthur Davison FickeCo-author of Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments
Anne MarrecoAnne Wignall20th-century English author
Anne PerryJuliet Marion Hulme
Anne RiceHoward Allen Frances O'BrienOther aliases: Anne Rampling and A.N. Roquelaure
AnonymousJoe KleinUsed to conceal his identity for the initial publication of the novel Primary Colors
Anthony AfterwitBenjamin Franklin
Anthony BoucherWilliam Anthony Parker WhiteAmerican science fiction editor and writer of mystery novels and short stories
Anthony BurgessJohn Anthony Burgess Wilson20th-century British writer
Anthony GilbertLucy Beatrice MallesonBritish author of the Arthur Crook crime fiction novels
Anthony MillsWilliam Joseph SlimBritish military commander after writing novels, short stories, and other publications earlier in his career.
Anthony NorthDean Koontz
Antosha ChekhonteAnton Chekhov19th-century Russian physician and author, who also used the pseudonyms "Man Without a Spleen" and "My Brother's Brother"[1]
Arkon DaraulIdries Shah
Artemus WardCharles Farrar Browne19th-century American humor writer
AsdreniAleksandër Stavre Drenova20th-century Albanian poet
Auber ForestierAubertine Woodward Moore19th-century American musician, writer
Aunt JuliaJulia Colman19th-century American temperance educator, activist, editor, writer
Aunt MarjorieMargaret Elizabeth Sangster19th-century American poet, author, editor
Aunt NabbyLizzie P. Evans-Hansell19th-century American novelist, short-story writer
Aunt PhiluryHelen M. WinslowAmerican editor, author, publisher, journalist
Aunt StomlyEmeline S. BurlingameAmerican editor and evangelist
Ayn RandAlisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum20th-century fiction writer and creator of the philosophy Objectivism
AzorínJosé Martínez Ruiz
B. Travenunknown20th-century novelist, aka Bruno Traven
Ba JinLi Yaotang20th-century Chinese writer
BanaphulBalāi Chānd MukhopādhyāyBengali author, playwright and poet
Barbara MichaelsBarbara Mertz
Barbara VineRuth Rendell21st-century British author who writes a subset of her work under this pseudonym
Bartholomew GillMark C. McGarrityAmerican crime fiction novelist and newspaper feature writer of nature and outdoor recreation topics
BBDenys Watkins-Pitchford20th-century illustrator and children's book author
BeachcomberJ. B. Morton and D. B. Wyndham LewisUsed for the surrealist humorous column By the Way in the Daily Express
B. E. E.Emma Elizabeth Brown19t-century American writer, artist
B. F. CockerBenjamin Franklin
bell hooksGloria Jean Watkins
Belle BremerMartina SwaffordAmerican poet
BenevolusBenjamin Franklin
BerrinthoRobert Roberthin17th-century German poet
Betsey BanckerMary E. C. Bancker19th-century American author
BharathidasanKanagasabai Subburathnam20th-century Tamil poet
Blaise CendrarsFrédéric Louis Sauser
Bob HartAl Trace
Boris AkuninGrigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili
BozCharles Dickens19th-century British novelist
BozRaymond "Boz" Burrell
Branislav NušićAlkibijad Nuša
Brian CoffeyDean Koontz
Brynjolf BjarmeHenrik Ibsen
Busy BodyBenjamin Franklin
C. S. ForesterCecil Smith20th-century writer of the Captain Horatio Hornblower novels, The African Queen, and other novels
Caelia ShortfaceBenjamin Franklin
CantinflasFortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes
Caris SimaClara MountcastleCanadian author
Carr DicksonJohn Dickson Carr20th-century author of detective stories
Carter DicksonJohn Dickson Carr20th-century author of detective stories
CassandraWilliam Connor20th-century left-wing journalist for The Daily Mirror
Cassandra ClareJudith Rumelt LewisAmerican author of young adult fiction
Catharine CarrRosalind WadeBritish novelist
Catherine ColeMartha R. FieldAmerican journalist
Catherine ShawLeila SchnepsAuthor of mathematically themed classic murder mysteries
ChanakyaJawaharlal NehruFirst Indian Prime Minister
Charles Louis BernaysKarl Ludwig BernaysGerman journalist
Charles MoultonWilliam Moulton MarstonCreator of Wonder Woman comic book character
Charlotte JayGeraldine Halls
Cherry WilderCherry Barbara Grimm
Cherubina de GabriakElisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva
Christian ReidFrances Christine Fisher TiernanAmerican author of The Land of the Sky
Christopher PikeKevin Christopher McFaddenProlific author of young-adult horror and sci-fi novels
CitizenSarah Carmichael HarrellAmerican educator, temperance reformer, writer
Clark McMeekinDorothy Clark and Isabel McMeekinWrote historical novels
Clem WattsAl Trace
Clive Hamilton, N. W. ClerkC. S. LewisUsed when publishing Spirits in Bondage and Dymer
Colin DouglasColin Thomas Currie20th-century Scottish novelist
CoralieMary M. CohenAmerican social economist, writer
Cordwainer SmithPaul M. A. Linebarger20th-century science fiction author
Cousin AnnieAnnie Maria BarnesAmerican journalist, editor, author
Currer BellCharlotte Brontë
Curzio MalaparteKurt Erich Suckert
Dan CrowErnest Aris
Daniel DefoeDaniel Foe
Daniil KharmsDaniil Ivanovich Yuvachev
Danuta de RhodesDan Rhodes
David AgnewvariousPen name used by BBC television drama screenwriters under certain circumstances
David AxtonDean Koontz
David MeadeunknownAmerican conspiracy theorist, researcher, and book author
David MichaelsRaymond Benson
Dazai OsamuShuji Tsushima
Deanna DwyerDean Koontz
Diablo CodyBrook BuseyScreenwriter
Diedrich KnickerbockerWashington IrvingEarly 19th-century U.S. writer
Dina LinwoodS. M. I. HenryAmerican evangelist, temperance reformer, poet, author
Dominique AuryAnne Desclos20th-century French author and critic who wrote under this name for her early works
Douglas SpauldingRay Bradbury
Dr. SeussTheodor Seuss Geisel20th-century American writer and cartoonist, best known for his children's books, aka Theo LeSieg
E. Cavazza; Elisabeth PullenElisabeth CavazzaAmerican author, journalist, music critic
E. L. JamesErika Leonard, born Erika MitchellAuthor of Fifty Shades of Grey
Eckhart TolleUlrich Leonard TolleAuthor of The Power of Now
Ed McBainEvan Hunter, born as Salvatore A. Lombino
Edgar BoxGore Vidal
Edith Van DyneL. Frank Baum
Edmond DantèsJohn Hughes20th-century American screenwriter and director; used this name on later works
Edogawa RanpoTarō Hirai
Edward CharlesEdward Charles Edmond Hemsted20th-century British educator and author
Edward Fallon Robert Gregory Browne, J.D. Rhoades, Tim Tresslar, Will Graham, Rob Cornell, Allan Leverone Supernatural suspense series LINGER, written by multiple authors.
Edward GarrettIsabella Fyvie Mayo19th-century Scottish poet, novelist
Edward PyggeIan Hamilton, John Fuller, Clive James, Russell Davies
Edwin CaskodenCharles Major
Egor DonEugene Gordon (writer)African-American journalist
Eleanor KirkEleanor Maria Easterbrook Ames19th-century American writer
Eleanor PutnamHarriet Bates19th-century American poet, novelist
Elena FerranteunknownItalian novelist
Eleonore von MünsterEleonore von Grothaus18th-century German writer
EliaCharles LambThe pen name Lamb used as a contributor to The London Magazine.
ElizaElizabeth CarterEnglish poet, classicist, writer, translator, linguist, polymath
Elizabeth PetersBarbara Mertz
Ellen BurroughsSophie JewettAmerican poet, translator, and professor
Ellery QueenFrederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee20th-century detective fiction
Ellis BellEmily Brontë
Ellis PetersEdith Pargeter
Elsa TrioletElsa Kagan
Elsie J. OxenhamElsie Jeanette Dunkerley
Em Kol ChaiChava Shapiro
Emanuel MorganWitter BynnerCo-author of Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments
Émile AjarRomain GaryFrench author; only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his real name, and once under his pen name
Emily RoddaJennifer RoweAustralian children's fantasy author; published crime fiction for adults under her own name; also writes under the alias Mary-Ann Dickinson
Emma LathenMary Jane Latsis and Martha HenissartAn economist/lawyer team write humorous banking mysteries with global scope
Enna DuvalAnne Hampton Brewster
Eric IversonHarry Turtledove
Erich Maria RemarqueErich Paul Remark
Erin HunterKate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Victoria HolmesAuthors of the fantasy novel series Warriors
Erle DouglasEliza D. KeithAmerican educator, suffragist, journalist
EuphrosyneJulia Nyberg
E. V. CunninghamHoward FastAmerican novelist
Filia EcclesiaMary Elizabeth BeauchampBritish-born American educator, author
Flann O'BrienBrian O'Nolan
Floyd BentleySarah Dyer HobartAmerican poet, author
Ford Madox FordFord Hermann HuefferEarly 20th-century English novelist and poet
Francis BennettEdwin Keppel Bennett
Franklin W. DixonLeslie McFarlane20th-century Canadian writer was the first of a variety of different authors to use this pen name for The Hardy Boys novels
Françoise SaganFrançoise Quoirez
Gabriela MistralLucila Godoy AlcayagaChilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945
Geoffrey CrayonWashington IrvingUsed when publishing The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
George EliotMary Ann Evans19th-century English novelist
George GrothMartin GardnerCriticized Gardner's The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
George OrwellEric Arthur Blair20th-century British author and essayist
George SandAmandine Lucie Aurore Dupin19th-century French novelist and early feminist
Georges CourtelineGeorges Victor Marcel Moinaux
Gérard de NervalGérard Labrunie19th-century French poet, essayist and translator
Gerald WileyRonnie Barker
Grace GreenwoodSara Jane LippincottAmerican author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, newspaper founder
Graham R. TomsonRosamund Marriott WatsonBritish poet and critic
Grant NaylorRob Grant and Doug NaylorLate 20th-century creators of the science fiction-sitcom, Red Dwarf
Guillaume ApollinaireWilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki20th-century French poet, writer, and art critic
GulzarSampooran Singh KalraNoted Indian poet, lyricist, director, and playwright, who works primarily in Hindi and Urdu languages
Gun BusterJohn Charles Austin and
Richard Campion Austin		Father and son team who wrote a series of books about British exploits in World War II
H.D.Hilda Doolittle20th-century American imagist poet, novelist and memoirist
H.E. SayehHushang Ebtehaj20th-century Iranian poet (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
H.N. TurtletaubHarry Turtledove
H.T.C.Helen Taggart ClarkAmerican journalist, poet
Hajime YatatevariousPen name of Sunrise animation staff members
Hans FalladaRudolf Wilhelm Friedrich DitzenGerman writer
Hard PanGeraldine Bonner
Harold RobbinsHarold Rubin
HavankHans van der Kallen
Henri GordonClara M. Brinkerhoff19th-century British soprano and romance novelist
Henriett Seth F.Fajcsák Henrietta
Henriette HardenbergMargarete Rosenberg
Henry Handel RichardsonEthel Florence Lindesay RichardsonEarly 20th-century Australian author
Henry WadeSir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th BaronetBritish mystery writer (1887-1969)
HerblockHerbert Lawrence Block20th-century political cartoonist
HergéGeorges Remi20th-century Belgian cartoonist and creator of The Adventures of Tintin
Hero StrongClara Augusta Jones Trask19th-century American dime-novelist
Hugh ConwayFrederick John Fargus
Humphrey PloughjoggerJohn Adams2nd US president and Founding Father (1735-1826)
Hugh McDiarmidC M GrieveScottish renaissance poet
Ian MaclarenRev John WatsonScottish author and theologian
IantheEmma Catherine Embury19th-century American author, poet
Ibn WarraqvariousPen name has traditionally been adopted by dissident authors throughout the history of Islam, including a current writer from India
Iceberg SlimRobert BeckAfrican American writer
Ilkka RemesPetri Pykälä20th- and 21st-century Finnish writer
Ilya IlfIlya Arnoldovich FaynzilbergSoviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin
InezFrances Laughton Mace19th-century American poet
Ion BarbuDan Barbilian20th-century Romanian poet and mathematician
IotaDorothy Ann Thrupp19th-century British Psalmist, hymnwriter, translator
Irmari RantamalaAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
Irwin ShawIrwin Shamforoff
Isak DinesenKaren Blixen20th-century Danish author of Out of Africa and Babette's Feast
Italo SvevoAron Ettore Schmitz
Iyanla VanzantRhonda Eva Harrisauthor, spiritual teacher, and television personality.
J. D. RobbNora Roberts
J. I. VatanenAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
J. K. MayoWilliam WatsonScottish author of spy thrillers
J. K. RowlingJoanne RowlingBritish author of the Harry Potter books
J. T.Jeanette ThrelfallBritish hymnwriter, poet
Jack KirbyJacob KurtzbergComic book pioneer
James DillingerJames Robert Baker
James HerriotJames Alfred Wight20th-century British writer
James S. A. CoreyDaniel Abraham and Ty FranckAuthors of science fiction series The Expanse
James Tiptree, Jr.Alice Bradley Sheldon20th-century science fiction author[2]
Jane SomersDoris LessingThe Diaries of Jane Somers: The Diary of a Good Neighbor and If The Old Could
Janet GrantMary Catherine CrowleyAmerican writer
Janez Janša (visual artist),
Janez Janša (director),
and Janez Janša (performance artist)		variousPen name used by three contemporary artists who changed their names in 2007[3] to the name of the Slovenian right-wing politician
Jay LivingstonJacob Harold Levison
Jean KincaidEstelle M. H. MerrillAmerican journalist, editor
Jean PaulJohann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean PlaidyEleanor Hibbert
Jean RayRaymundus Joannes de Kremer
JemymaMarietta HolleyAmerican humorist
Jeremy BishopJeremy Robinson
Jin YongLouis Cha Leung-yung20th-century Chinese-language novelist
Joan UreElizabeth Thoms ClarkScottish poet and playwright
Joe HillJoseph Hillstrom King
Johann Joachim SautscheckRoman Turovsky-Savchuk
Johannes LinnankoskiVihtori Johan Peltonen
Johannes de silentioSøren Kierkegaard
Johannes Vares BarbarusJohannes Vares
John BeynonJohn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
John ChristopherSamuel Youd
John HillDean Koontz
John LangeMichael Crichton20th-century science fiction author
John le CarréDavid John Moore Cornwell20th-century British writer
John SedgesPearl S. BuckAuthor of "The Townsman"
John WyndhamJohn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon HarrisPost-apocalyptic British science fiction writer
Johny HuntMargaret Hunt BrisbaneAmerican poet
Jonathan OldstyleWashington IrvingAuthor of Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
Joseph ConradJózef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski20th-century Polish-British author
Joseph HowardPaul RudnickScreenwriting credit for Sister Act; he refused to have his real name associated with it
Josephine TeyElizabeth MacKintosh20th-century British writer, who also used the pseudonym "Gordon Daviot"
Judith JorgensonElla Hamilton Durleylate 19th/early 20th-c American educator, newspaper editor, journalis6
Juhani TervapääHella Wuolijoki20th-century Estonian-born Finnish writer
Julia QuinnJulia Pottinger
Julien GordonJulia CrugerAmerican novelist
K. HardeshClement Greenberg20th-century American art critic
K. R. DwyerDean Koontz
Kate ElliottAlis A. Rasmussen20th/21st-century fantasy author
Ka-Tsetnik 135633Yehiel De-Nur
Kennilworthy WhispJoanne Rowling (J. K. Rowling)Used for the publication of Quidditch Through the Ages, from the Harry Potter universe
Kir BulychovIgor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (Игорь Всеволодович Можейко)20th-century Russian science fiction writer and historian
Korney ChukovskyNikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov
Kozma PrutkovAleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov, and two othersCollective name who published in Sovremennik during 1836–1866
Kurban SaiddisputedAuthor of Ali and Nino, a novel originally published in 1937
L. H. S.Lucinda Hinsdale Stone19th-century American feminist, educator, traveler, writer, philanthropist
Lauren KellyJoyce Carol OatesAuthor of Blood Mask, The Stolen Heart, and Take Me, Take Me With You
Lazlo TothDon NovelloAuthor 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
Leigh NicholsDean Koontz
Lemony SnicketDaniel HandlerAuthor of A Series of Unfortunate Events
LenaMary Torrans Lathrap19th-century American poet, preacher, suffragist, social reformer
LenoraLou Singletary Bedford19th-century American poet, author, editor
Leslie CharterisLeslie Charles Bowyer-YinHalf-Chinese, half-English author of primarily mystery fiction such as the Simon Templar series
Lester del ReyLeonard KnappAmerican science fiction author and editor
Lewis AllanAbel Meeropol
Lewis CarrollCharles Lutwidge Dodgson19th-century British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis PadgettHenry Kuttner and C. L. MooreAmerican husband and wife science fiction authors
Lewis Grassic GibbonJames Leslie Mitchell20th-century Scottish novelist
LewtrahMary Hartwell Catherwood19th century American writer
Liisan-Antti ja Jussi PorilainenAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
L'InconnueLucy Virginia French19th-century American author
Lizzie M. BoyntonElizabeth Boynton Harbert19th-century American author, lecturer, reformer philanthropist
Lobsang RampaCyril Henry HoskinThe 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 1958 to write the bestseller.
Lorenzo Da PonteEmmanuele Conegliano
Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Destouches
Louis Hammond WillisLouise Hammond Willis SneadAmerican writer, lecturer, artist
Lu XunZhou Shuren20th-century Chinese writer and cultural critic
LucileLucinda Barbour HelmAmerican author, editor, women's religious activist
LucreceCora Linn DanielsAmerican author
Luisa CappianiLuisa Kapp-YoungAustrian soprano, musical educator, essayist
Lydia KoidulaLydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen
M. Barnard EldershawMarjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw
Maarten MaartensJozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz
Mabel PercyMary R. P. Hatch19th-century American writer
MaddoxGeorge OuzounianAmerican author known for his website The Best Page in the Universe
Madhur PiyaGokulotsavji MaharajIndian classical vocalist, composer
Mackenzi LeeMacKenzie Van EngelenhovenAmerican young adult fantasy author
Madeleine BrentPeter O'Donnell
Maiju LassilaAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
MaironisJonas Mačiulis
Mao DunShen Dehong20th-century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist
Margaret AllstonAnna Farquhar BergengrenAmerican writer, editor
Margaret VandegriftMargaret Thomson JanvierAmerican poet and children's book writer
MargueriteJessie Margaret King19th-century Scottish essayist, journalist, poet
Marion HowardMarion Howard BrazierAmerican journalist, author
Mark BrandisNikolai von Michalewsky
Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens19th-century American humorist, author, and lecturer
Martha CarefulBenjamin Franklin
Marton TaigaMartti Löfberg20th-century Finnish pulp writer, who also used several other pseudonyms
Mary HartwellMary Hartwell Catherwood19th century American writer
Mary WestmacottAgatha Christie20th-century British writer
Matthew BrambleAndrew MacdonaldScottish clergyman, poet and playwright
Max StirnerJohann Kaspar Schmidt19th-century German philosopher
Maxwell GrantPrimarily Walter B. Gibson, shared with Theodore Tinsley, Bruce Elliott and Lester DentAuthor of The Shadow pulp novellas
Mencius MoldbugCurtis Yarvin21st-century political theorist
MercedesKatherine Eleanor ConwayEditor-in-chief of The Pilot
Mercurius OxoniensisHugh Trevor-RoperHistorian, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and author of the pseudonymous Letters of Mercurius Oxoniensis to his 'brother' Londiniensis which appeared in the Spectator Magazine 1970-71 and later in book form
Michael ArlenDikran Kuyumjian
Michael InnesJ. I. M. Stewart
Michael SerafianMalachi Martin
MigjeniMillosh Gjergj Nikolla20th-century Albanian poet
Minnie C. BallardMary Canfield Ballard19th-century American poet, hymnwriter
Minnie Mary LeeJulia A. A. Wood19th-century American author
Miss MannersJudith MartinAuthor, columnist, and etiquette authority
MizpahMildred Amanda Baker Bonham19th-century American traveler and journalist
MolièreJean Baptiste Poquelin17th-century French theatre writer, director and actor, and writer of comic satire
Mr. BlackwellRichard Sylvan SelzerFashion critic, journalist, creator of annual "Ten Worst Dressed Women List". Also used the alias "Richard Blackwell".
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerMittie Frances Clarke PointAmerican dime-novelist
Mrs. Alfred BarnardFrances Catherine Barnard19th-century English writer, poet, playwright
Mrs. Clarissa PackardCaroline Howard Gilman19th-century American author
Mrs. E. Burke CollinsEmma Augusta Sharkey19th-century American dime novelist
Mrs. J. T. GraceyAnnie Ryder GraceyAmerican writer, missionary
Mrs. James GrayMary Ann BrowneBritish poet, writer of musical scores
Mrs. Madeline LeslieHarriette Newell Woods Baker19th-century American novelist, religious writer
Mrs. William Starr DanaFrances Theodora Parsons19th-century American nature writer
MultatuliEduard Douwes DekkerDutch writer known for his satirical novel, Max Havelaar (1860)
Murray LeinsterWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins20th-century science fiction author
N. W. ClerkC. S. LewisUsed when publishing A Grief Observed
Nancy BoydEdna St. Vincent Millay
Natsume SōsekiNatsume KinnosukeEarly 20th-century Japanese novelist
Nellie A. MannHelen Adelia Manville19th-century American poet, litterateur
Newt ScamanderJoanne Rowling (J. K. Rowling)Used for the publication of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, from the Harry Potter universe
Nicci FrenchNicci Gerard and Sean FrenchBritish crime fiction team
Nicolas BlakeCecil Day-LewisPoet Laureate of the U.K., 20 mysteries written as Nicolas Blake
Nicolas BourbakivariousA group of mainly French 20th-century mathematicians
NimrodCharles James ApperleyC19th author of The Chase, The Road, and The Turf (on Foxhunting, Coaching and Racing respectively). A writer of high quality.
Nina Gray ClarkeMary H. Gray Clarke19th-century American author, correspondent, poet
Nino CulottaJohn O'GradyAustralian writer
NisaNicola SalernoItalian lyricist
NovalisGeorg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
O. HenryWilliam Sydney PorterAmerican author of short stories and novels
Ogdred WearyEdward Gorey
Olive ThorneHarriet Mann MillerAmerican author, naturalist, ornithologist
Onoto WatannaWinnifred EatonCanadian author
OuidaMarie Louise de la Ramée19th-century English novelist
Owen WestDean Koontz
P. L. TraversHelen GoffWriter of the Mary Poppins series
P. MustapääMartti Haavio20th-century Finnish poet
Pablo NerudaRicardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto20th-century Chilean poet, Nobel laureate
Pat FrankHarry Hart Frank20th-century author of the apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon
Patience StrongWinifred Emma May20th-century English poet
Paul AnnixterHoward Allison Sturtzel
Paul CelanPaul Antschel
Paul ÉluardEugène Grindel20th-century French Dada and Surrealist poet
Paul FrenchIsaac AsimovU.S. science fiction author, when publishing the Lucky Starr series of novels
Paul VeroniqueElizabeth Marney Conner19th-century American writer, founder of the Buffalo School of Elocution
Pauline PeriwinkleS. Isadore MinerAmerican journalist, poet, teacher, feminist
Pauline RéageAnne Desclos20th-century French author and critic who wrote Story of O
Perez HiltonMario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.Celebrity blogger and gossip columnist
Peter GastHeinrich Köselitz
Peter MacAlanPeter Berresford Ellis20th-century British novelist
Peter TremaynePeter Berresford Ellis20th-century British novelist
Peter WarlockPhilip Arnold Heseltine20th-century British composer
Petresia PetersJulia Carter AldrichAmerican author
PeyoPierre Culliford20th-century creator of The Smurfs comics
PhilemonBetsy PerkDutch author, a pioneer of the Dutch women's movement
Philip GustonPhillip Goldstein
Pierre DelectoMitt RomneyAmerican politician and businessman, when using a secret Twitter account in 2019
Pierre LotiLouis Marie Julien Viaud
Piers AnthonyPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
Pisanus FraxiHenry Spencer Ashbee19th-century book collector, writer, bibliographer, and author of a three-volume bibliography of erotic literature
Pittacus LoreJames Frey, Jobie Hughes, and Greg BooseAuthors of the Lorien Legacies series; Pittacus Lore is also a character in the series
Polly BakerBenjamin Franklin
PremchandDhanpat Rai SrivastavAn Indian author, notable for his modern Hindustani literature
Publius Decius Mus Michael Anton 21st-century American conservative
Professor Xunknown21st-century author of In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
Pseudonymous BoschRaphael SimonAuthor of The Secret Series, fictional children's books
QArthur Quiller-CouchLate 19th- and early 20th-century British author, poet, and literary critic
Quinn FawcettChelsea Quinn Yarbro and
Bill Fawcett		American mystery authors
Raccoona SheldonAlice Bradley Sheldon20th-century science fiction author
Rachel BachRachel AaronAmerican science fiction author
RefugittaConstance Cary HarrisonAmerican writer
Rehmat FarrukhabadiMuhammad Rehmatullah QureshiAuthor and Muslim scholar
Rhys BowenJanet Quin-HarkinBritish mystery writer
Richard BachmanStephen KingContemporary American horror author
Richard HackstaffLurana W. SheldonAmerican novelist, poet, lecturer, editor
Richard LeanderRichard von Volkmann
Richard PaigeDean Koontz
Richard SaundersBenjamin FranklinThe "Poor Richard" of Poor Richard's Almanac
Richard StarkDonald E. WestlakeWestlake used many other pen names as well.
Robert GalbraithJoanne Rowling (J. K. Rowling)Used for the publication of The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert GariochRobert Garioch Sutherland20th century Scots poet
Robert JordanJames Oliver Rigney, Jr.Author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series
Robert MarkhamKingsley Amis
Robert TressellRobert Croker
Robert O. SaberMilton K. OzakiMid-20th-century journalist, author and detective novelist (Dressed to Kill (1954) and many others)
Robin A HoodErnest Aris
Robin HobbMargaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden20th-century fantasy author; also published under the pen name Megan Lindholm
Roger FairbairnJohn Dickson Carr
Romain GaryRomain Kacew
Rosamond SmithJoyce Carol OatesNovels include Nemesis, Lives of the Twins, Soul Mate, Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon, The Barrens, Snake Eyes, You Can't Catch Me, Kindred Passions, and Double Delight.
Rosemary Edghilleluki bes shaharAmerican writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy
Ross FranklynFrank HardyLeft-wing Australian writer best known for his novel Power Without Glory
Rushworth ArmytageRosamund Marriott WatsonBritish poet and critic
Ruth OgdenFannie Ogden IdeAmerican children's book author
S. S. Van DineWillard Huntington WrightArt critic and author of Philo Vance mysteries
Saint-John PerseAlexis Saint-Léger Léger
SakiHector Hugh MunroEarly 20th-century British satirist
Sallie M. BryanSarah Morgan Bryan Piatt19th-century American poet
Salomėja NėrisSalomėja Bučinskaitė-Bučienė
SaloninaFrancesca Anna CanfieldEarly 19th-century American linguist, poet, translator
Samantha SprigginsHelen Maud Merrill19th-century American litterateur and poet
SannoisCamille Saint-Saëns
SapperH. C. McNeile
SapphireRamona Lofton21st-century African-American poet and author
Sadie SensibleJulia Abigail Fletcher Carneyalso "Julia", "Minnie May," "Frank Fisher," "Minister's Wife", "Rev. Peter Benson's Daughter"; American educator, poet
ShahriarMohammad-Hossein ShahriarIranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
Shawn HaiginsAshwin SanghiIndian writer of historical fiction thrillers including The Rozabal Line and Chanakya's Chant (Shawn Haigins is an anagram of Ashwin Sanghi)
Sidney SheldonSidney SchechtelNovelist and television producer. Created I Dream of Jeannie television series
Silence DogoodBenjamin FranklinUsed to get his work published
Sister NiveditaMargaret Elizabeth Noble
SjónSigurjón Birgir SigurðssonIcelandic novelist, poet, lyricist
Stan LeeStanley Martin LieberComic book pioneer
Steele RuddArthur Hoey Davis
Stefan BrockhoffDieter Cunz, Richard Plant, Oskar Seidlin
Stein RivertonSven ElvestadBorn as Kristoffer Elvestad Svendsen
StendhalMarie-Henri Beyle19th-century French writer
StudentWilliam Sealy GossetDiscoverer of Student's t-distribution in statistics
Sue DenimDav PilkeyWriter and illustrator of the Captain Underpants children's book series, when author of the Dumb Bunnies books (Sue Denim is a parody of the word pseudonym)
Sue SmithRosa Miller Avery19th-century American abolitionist, reformer, suffragist, writers (also used men's names as pseudonyms)
SujathaSujatha RangarajanTamil writer, engineer/scientist
Sui Sin FarEdith Maude Eaton
T. H. LainPhilip Athans and Bruce CordellA collective pseudonym used by nine separate authors writing Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons novels
T. M. MapleJim Burke
Ted L. NancyBarry Marder and Bruce BaumAuthors of the Letters from a Nut series
Theo LeSiegTheo Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
TheodosiaAnne SteeleEnglish hymnwriter, essayist
Thoinot ArbeauJehan Tabourot
Tiger LilyLillie Devereux BlakeAmerican suffragist, reformer, writer
Timothy ShyD. B. Wyndham Lewis20th-century British poet and author, collaborated with Ronald Searle on The Terror of St Trinian's
Tite KuboNoriaki KuboManga artist of Bleach
ToegyeYi Hwang16th-century Korean Confucian scholar
Tom TomorrowDan Perkins20th-century editorial cartoonist
Tori CarringtonTony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter KarayianniAmerican husband and wife romance novelists
TrevanianRodney William Whitaker20th-century American spy novelist
Tristan TzaraSami Rosenstock
Tudor ArgheziIon N. Theodorescu20th-century Romanian poet and children's author
Uanhenga XituAgostinho André Mendes de Carvalho
Umberto SabaUmberto Poli
Uriah FullerMartin GardnerWrote Confessions of a Psychic
Väinö StenbergAlgot Untola20th-century Finnish author
VazhaLuka Razikashvili
Vera HaijTove JanssonAuthor of the picture book Sara och Pelle och näckens bläckfiskar
Véra TsaritsynGertrude Elizabeth BloodJournalist, author, playwright, and editor.
VercorsJean Bruller
Vernon SullivanBoris Vian
Víctor CatalàCaterina AlbertAuthor of Solitud (Solitude) (1905)
Victoria LucasSylvia PlathPoet and author of The Bell Jar
Vladimir SirinVladimir Nabokov20th-century novelist; used this name on early works
ViolaLaura M. Hawley Thurston19th-century American poet, teacher
VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet18th-century French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher
Walter EricsonHoward FastAmerican Novelist
W. N. P. BarbellionBruce Frederick Cummings20th-century diarist
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William PennJeremiah Evarts19th-century activist against Indian removal
Willibald AlexisGeorg Wilhelm Heinrich Haring
Winnie WoodbineEsther Saville Allen19th-century American author
Winnie RoverMary Catherine Chase19th-century American Catholic nun and writer
Wiz KhalifaCameron Jibril ThomazAfrican American rap artist
Woody AllenAllen Stewart Konigsberg
Y. L. E.Mary Whitwell Hale19th-century American teacher, hymnwriter
Yevgeny PetrovYevgeniy Petrovich Kataev
Yukio MishimaKimitake Hiraoka20th-century Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright
YulgokYi I16th-century Korean Confucian scholar
Zena CliftonLillian Rozell MessengerAmerican poet
ZigEliza Archard ConnerAmerican journalist, lecturer, feminist

See also

References
  1. "A gem from the Man Without a Spleen". The Guardian. London.
  2. Arthur B., Evans; et al., eds. (2010). The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. p. 516. ISBN 9780819569554.
  3. Webpage about the official name change "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved 2012-07-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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