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
• Jayne Bentley is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
• Diana Blayne is a pseudonym for Diana Palmer
• Bethany Brooks is a pseudonym for author Beth Pattillo
• Eleanor Burford is the maiden name and a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.
• Leonora Burton writes under the names Leonora Blythe and Daphne Woodward

C

• Meg Cabot is a pseudonym for Meggin Cabot
• Meggin Cabot writes under the names Patricia Cabot, Meg Cabot and Jenny Carroll
• Patricia Cabot is a pseudonym for Meggin Cabot
• Glynnis Campbell writes under the name Sarah McKerrigan
• Sandra Canfield writes under the names Karen Keast and Sandi Shane
• Philippa Carr is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert
• Jenny Carroll is a pseudonym for Meggin Cabot
• Kris Cassidy is a pseudonym for Kathy Clark
• Jayne Castle is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
• Kathy Chwedyk writes under the names Cathryn Huntington Chadwick and Kate Huntington
• Kathy Clark writes under the name Kris Cassidy
• 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
• Cardine Fleming is a pseudonym for Mildred Grieveson
• Caroline Fleming is a pseudonym for Mildred Grieveson
• Elbur Ford is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.

G

• Lisa Gregory is a pseudonym for Candace Camp
• Annie Groves is a pseudonym for Penelope Jones Halsall

H

• Lydia Hitchcock is the pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall
• Victoria Holt is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.
• Linda Howard is the pen name of Linda S. Howington

I

• Judith Ivory is the pen name of Judy Cuevas

J

• Kristin James is a pseudonym for Candace Camp
• Stephanie James is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz
• Michelle Jerott also writes as Michele Albert
• Penny Jordan is the pseudonym for Penelope Jones Halsall

K

• Karen Keast is a pseudonym for Sandra Canfield
• Kathleen Kellow is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.
• Jayne Ann Krentz also writes under the names of Amanda Quick, Jayne Taylor, Jayne Castle, Stephanie James and Jayne Bentley

L

• Rosina Lippi writes under the name Sara Donati

M

• Sarah McKerrigan is a pseudonym for Glynnis Campbell
• Anne Mather is a pseudonym for Mildred Grieveson
• May McGoldrick is the pseudonym for Nicole Cody and Jan Coffey

N

• Marie Nicole is a pseudonym for Marie Ferrarella

P

• Diana Palmer writes under the name Diana Blayne
• Beth Pattillo writes under the name of Bethany Brooks
• Anna Percival is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.
• Jean Plaidy is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.

Q

• Amanda Quick is a pseudonym for author Jayne Ann Krentz

S

• Barbara Samuel also writes as Ruth Wind
• Sharon Stephens is a pseudonym for Candace Camp

T

• Ellalice Tate is a pseudonym for Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.
• 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