Pseudonym

A pseudonym (pen name, penname) is a fictitious name assumed by a writer for purposes of publication.

Authors take pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. Some authors prefer the privacy of anonymity. In some cases, a publisher may ask an author who publishes in more than one genre or subgenre to adopt a pen name in order to avoid reader confusion.

See also category:Authors With Pseudonyms and category:Authors With Multiple Identities and category:Pseudonym

A

Michele Albert also writes as Michelle Jerott

B

• Donna Ball writes under the names Rebecca Flanders, Donna Boyd and Donna Carlisle
• Bethany Brooks is a pseudonym for author Beth Pattillo

C

• Jayne Castle is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
• Nicole Cody is a pseudonym for Jim and Nikoo McGoldrick AKA May McGoldrick and Jan Coffey
• Jan Coffey is the pseudonym for Nicole Cody and May McGoldrick
• Caroline Courtney is a pseudonym for Penelope Jones Halsall.
• Judy Cuevas writes under the name Judith Ivory

D

Sara Donati is the pen name of Rosina Lippi

E

Lynn Erickson is the pseudonym for authors Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen

F

• Marie Ferrarella writes under the name Marie Nicole
• Rebecca Flanders is a pseudonym for Donna Ball, she also writes as Donna Boyd and Donna Carlisle

G

Annie Groves is a pseudonym for Penelope Jordan Halsall

H

• Lydia Hitchcock is the pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall
• Linda Howard is the pen name of Linda S. Howington

I

Judith Ivory is the pen name of Judy Cuevas

J

• Michelle Jerott also writes as Michele Albert
• Penny Jordan is the pseudonym for Pennelope Jordan Halsall

K

Jayne Ann Krentz also writes under the names of Amanda Quick, Jayne Taylor, Jayne Castle

L

Rosina Lippi writes under the name Sara Donati

M

May McGoldrick is the pseudonym for Nicole Cody and Jan Coffey

N

Marie Nicole is a pseudonym for Marie Ferrarella

P

Beth Pattillo writes under the name of Bethany Brooks

Q

Amanda Quick is a pseudonym for author Jayne Ann Krentz

S

Barbara Samuel also writes as Ruth Wind

T

Jayne Taylor is a pseudonym for author Jayne Ann Krentz

W

• Ruth Wind is a pseudonym for Barbara Samuel
• Melinda Wright is a pseudonym for Penelope Jones Halsall