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 ...

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 ...

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?