What's in a name? Well, you'd be surprised actually. For centuries, writers have created pen names to publish their literary works. A pen name, also known as a nom de plume or a pseudonym ...

Some of our most beloved writers have used male pen names with a variety of motives, from combatting sexism in the industry as a whole, to breaking into male-dominated genres, and even as a means ...

She first adopted the name for her book The Cuckoo's Calling, in a bid to see how popular her new writing would be without the 'Harry' cloak. But what of other authors who have used pen names?

Sometimes fans follow an author so closely that switching to another genre can cause panic, so a pen name helps keep things in perspective. In “Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare writes ...