Authors using pen names?
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This idea of Authors choosing a pen name isn't a bad idea. Though I do enjoy being able to find an author's work all together. Writing to separate ones work so that it is weighted on its merits verses the author's already exsisting reputation can make a huge impact on how it is seen.
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- C. S. Lewis = Clive Hamilton
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Now, here are some who, like so many other artists, find a commercially more attractive name in a pseudonym:
- E. L. James = Erika Mitchel
- Mark Twain = Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- Pablo Neruda = Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto
The first cases I suppose that have something to do with publishing books out of their usual category, or perhaps to prove if their "reputation" is what actually attracts readers. From the second list, I find it logical to employ shorter and more striking names (just look at Neruda's case), maybe even create an own "artistic" identity.
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Of course, cases like George Eliot are an entirely different story. Didn't the Bronte sisters originally write under male pen names as well?
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Yeah, he wrote a few under the pen name Richard Bachman. Pretty good stuff.
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Okay awesome! Thanks for letting me know!
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Robert Galbraith.
Real name: Joanne (J.K.) Rowling.
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