Pen Names or Pseudonyms of English Writers
A pen name is a name given to someone/somebody to hide their identity when they are writing. For instance, many authors write under pen names in order to protect their identity. Also, way back in the early 1900s, many female writers used male pen-names so that other men would not show bias towards their books.
Author’s Pen Name/ Pseudonym | Author’s Real Name |
| Richard Bachman | Stephen King |
| L. Frank Baum | Edith Van Dyne |
| Nicholas Blake | Cecil Day Lewis |
| Anne Brontë | Acton Bell |
| Charlotte Brontë | Currer Bell |
| Emily Brontë | Ellis Bell |
| Anthony Burgess | John ['Jack'] Burgess Wilson |
| John le Carre | David John Moore Cornwell |
| Lewis Carroll | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| George Eliot | Mary Ann Evans |
| Hergé | Georges Remi |
| Molière | Jean Baptiste Poquelin |
| George Orwell | Eric Arthur Blair |
| Ellery Queen | Frederic Dannay (with co‐author/cousin) |
| Manfred B. Lee | |
| J.D. Robb | Nora Roberts |
| A. N. Roquelaure | Anne Rice |
| Saki | Hector Hugh Munro |
| George Sand | Amandine Dupin |
| Dr. Seuss | Theodor Geisel |
| Lemony Snicket | Daniel Handler |
| Stendhal | Marie Henri Beyle |
| Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorn Clemens |
| Barbara Vine | Ruth Rendell |
| Voltaire | François‐Marie Arouet |
| Mary Westmacott | Dame Agatha Christie |
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