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* Hajime Yatate is a collective pseudonym for the Creator/{{Sunrise}} staff.
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* Maxwell Grant of the Shadow novels (usually Walter B. Gibson, but also Theodore Tinsley, Bruce Eliott and on one occasion [[DocSavage Lester Dent]]).
* Kenneth Robeson of the DocSavage novels (usually Lester Dent).

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* Maxwell Grant of the Shadow novels (usually Walter B. Gibson, but also Theodore Tinsley, Bruce Eliott and on one occasion [[DocSavage [[Franchise/DocSavage Lester Dent]]).
* Kenneth Robeson of the DocSavage Franchise/DocSavage novels (usually Lester Dent).
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A HousePseudonym is a pen name that can be used by any writer at a given publisher.

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A HousePseudonym House Pseudonym is a pen name that can be used by any writer at a given publisher.

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* Jack Mckinney: Author of the ''{{Robotech}}'' novels. Actually consists of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley. After Daley's death, Luceno would write three additional ''Robotech'' novels using the pseudonym.
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* Maxwell Grant of the Shadow novels (usually Walter B. Gibson).

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* Maxwell Grant of the Shadow novels (usually Walter B. Gibson).Gibson, but also Theodore Tinsley, Bruce Eliott and on one occasion [[DocSavage Lester Dent]]).

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* Dr. Haha Lung: Author of a large number of books on war, martial arts, and ninjutsu such as ''Mind Control: The Art of Psychological Warfare''. Due to the similar content and writing style of the books, for a time, this was suspected to be a pseudonym of Ashida Kim but he has denied it and has stated that Haha Lung is a house name used by Citadel Press, a former publisher of his books with whom he had a falling out years ago. He has also pointed out that Lung is a Chinese word for "dragon" and combining with the name Haha suggests "laughing dragon" (as in "Ha Ha") so this pseudonym is probably intentionally meant to be a pun of sorts. Kim has been taking issue with Citadel on what he perceives as theft of intellectual property and denial of royalties on past books published with this firm. He notes that the material in most of Lung's books is identical to the material in the books he published with the same company.
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* Carolyn Keene of the Nancy Drew novels.

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* Carolyn Keene of the Nancy Drew NancyDrew novels.
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** There is a real K. A. Applegate, but she left the series about halfway through to work on other projects while a string of ghostwriters kept it alive, though she did come BackForTheFinale.
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* Inverted with HarryPotter. Due to the great complexity of the series, several readers thought Harry Potter was the work of multiple authors; however, J.K. Rowling rebuked those claims by stating ''seriously it's just me'' much to the awe of this disbelieving side of the fanbase.

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* Inverted with HarryPotter.''Literature/HarryPotter''. Due to the great complexity of the series, several readers thought Harry Potter was the work of multiple authors; however, J.K. Rowling rebuked those claims by stating ''seriously it's just me'' much to the awe of this disbelieving side of the fanbase.
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not true as far as my research shows


* R. L. Stine of {{Goosebumps}}.
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Most Sweet Valley books are only credited to the creator, Francine Pascal. As the multiple series go into the 100s, it\'s doubtful she wrote all of them. Likewise Ann M. Martin acknowledges ghostwriters for her Baby-Sitters Club and its various spinoffs.
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Ah? The example goes poof if the link\'s now gone. Which examples shouldn\'t be. :/


* The authors of this [[ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment he doesn't wish to compromise his identity]].
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* The authors of this [[http://www.autoroutem60.co.cc/blog/ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment he doesn't wish to compromise his identity]].

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* The authors of this [[http://www.autoroutem60.co.cc/blog/ [[ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment he doesn't wish to compromise his identity]].
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* Anonymous, the well-known "[[YourMileageMayVary hacking]]" group. The one with the question mark and suit logo.

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* Anonymous, the well-known "[[YourMileageMayVary hacking]]" "hacking" group. The one with the question mark and suit logo.
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* Erin Hunter of ''{{WarriorCats}}''

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* Erin Hunter of ''{{WarriorCats}}''''Literature/WarriorCats''
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* James Axler of the ''{{Literature/Deathlands}}'' series and its spinoff, ''Outlanders''
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* Erin Hunter of ''{{WarriorCats}}''
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* K. A. Applegate of {{Animorphs}}.

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* K. A. Applegate of {{Animorphs}}.Literature/{{Animorphs}}.
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* The authors of this [[http://roadsuk9626.azuka.biz/blog/ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment they don't wish to compromise their identities]] or [[EpilepticTrees they are roadgeeks]]..

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* The authors of this [[http://roadsuk9626.azuka.biz/blog/ [[http://www.autoroutem60.co.cc/blog/ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment they don't he doesn't wish to compromise their identities]] or [[EpilepticTrees they are roadgeeks]]..his identity]].
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* Inverted with HarryPotter. Due to the great complexity of the series, several readers thought Harry Potter was the work of multiple authors; however, J.K. Rowling rebuked those claims by stating ''seriously it's just me'' much to the awe of this disbelieving side of the fanbase.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name# Collective_names This article on]] TheOtherWiki will tell you some of them.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name# Collective_names org/wiki/Pen_name#Collective_names This article on]] article]] on TheOtherWiki will tell you some of them.
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* Anonymous, the well-known "[[YourMileageMayVary hacking]]" group. The one with the question mark and suit logo.
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* The authors of this [[http://roadsuk9626.azuka.biz/blog/ roads and traffic blog]]. Perhaps because [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment they don't wish to compromise their identities]] or [[EpilepticTrees they are roadgeeks]]..
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Everything with \"Tom Clancy\" as the author was written by Tom Clancy. This is not the same as \"Tom Clancy\'s X\" novels, which also have the author\'s name on the cover.


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* The author of TheHardyBoys novels.

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* The author Franklin W. Dixon of TheHardyBoys novels.



* VCAndrews -- enough that that "author" has been publishing long after the original hit AuthorExistenceFailure.

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* VCAndrews -- enough that that "author" has been publishing long after the original hit AuthorExistenceFailure.




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* Victor Appleton of the TomSwift books.
** Victor Appleton II of the Tom Swift, Jr. books.
* Maxwell Grant of the Shadow novels (usually Walter B. Gibson).
* Kenneth Robeson of the DocSavage novels (usually Lester Dent).
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A HousePseudonym is a variant of the SueDonym trope. These are mainly used by ghostwriters, although new media has taken this on too.

House pseudonyms are mainly used by authors, although with the development of the Internet, they have taken off in a big way, especially since 2005.

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A HousePseudonym is a variant of the SueDonym trope. These are mainly pen name that can be used by ghostwriters, although new media has taken this on too.

any writer at a given publisher.

House pseudonyms are mainly Pseudonyms have been used to disguise that a long series has become a FranchiseZombie by authors, although with allowing other authors to use the development creator's name. They have been used to make a collaborative work look like it came from a single author, using a name that belongs to neither of the Internet, they have taken off in actual writers.

In the internet age, some websites use them as well. It may be
a big way, especially since 2005.conscious decision, or it may be the byproduct of giving a standard moniker to posters who aren't signed into the site.




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* Carolyn Keene of the Nancy Drew novels.
* The author of TheHardyBoys novels.
* K. A. Applegate of {{Animorphs}}.
* R. L. Stine of {{Goosebumps}}.
* VCAndrews -- enough that that "author" has been publishing long after the original hit AuthorExistenceFailure.
* TomClancy.




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*"Anonymous Coward" at {{Slashdot}}.
*"Anonymous" at 4chan.

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House pseudonyms are mainly used by authors, although with the development of the Internet, they have taken off in a big way, especially since 2005.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name#Collective_names This article on]] TheOtherWiki will tell you some of them.

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* People who sign up for free webhosting services are a ([[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} virtual]]) example of this trope.
** Amazingly, few webhosts seem to check if signups really are this - [[http://www.freewht.com this webhosting management discussion site is one such example]]. But, due to a bizarre FinaglesLaw and legalities, amazingly, it's legal.
** Which leads to sign-ups with placeholder numbers, like (Manchester phonecode here) 0161 000 0000.
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A HousePseudonym is a variant of the SueDonym trope. These are mainly used by ghostwriters, although new media has taken this on too.

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A HousePseudonym is a variant of the SueDonym trope. These are mainly used by ghostwriters, although new media has taken this on too.too.

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Click A HousePseudonym is a variant of the edit button to start SueDonym trope. These are mainly used by ghostwriters, although new media has taken this new page. on too.

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