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* Creator/PDjeliClark (Dexter Clark) uses a pen name to differentiate his fiction writing from his academic writing. His short stories have been published under the names "P. Djèlí Clark", "Djèlí A. Clark", "Phenderson Djèlí Clark", and "A. Phenderson Clark". "Phenderson" is his grandfather's name, and "Clark" his mother's maiden name. "Djèlí" is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griot griots]], West African storytellers.

* [[Series/TheExpanse James S. A. Corey]] is Ty Franck plus Daniel Abraham (who himself used "M.L.N. Hanover" for another work). The first and last name are taken from Abraham's and Franck's middle names, as [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] knows.

* K. A. Applegate is credited on the covers of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', and ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' -- actually co-written by Creator/KAApplegate and Creator/MichaelGrant

* [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo Starr]] (Richard Starkey)

* Creator/{{Saki}} (Hector Hugh Munro)

* Creator/MachadoDeAssis used the pen names Dr. Semana, Gil, Sileno, J., Job, J. J., Victor de Paula, [[UsefulNotes/{{Plato}} Platão]], Y., Lara, Manassés, Eleazar, Lélio, João das Regras, Malvólio, Victor de Paulo, Boas Noites, Max and Camilo da Anunciação to write some of his short stories and novellas.

* [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]] (Daniel Handler)

Sometimes, the pen name the author uses gets its own individuality and qualities; in these cases, it can also be called a heteronym -- the fictional identities authors can create in order to talk through them, experimenting with new styles and acting as different people instead of writing under a different name, but otherwise writing as themselves. Thus, heteronyms can be said to be characters not much different from the ones the author creates in the work proper, sometimes with their own biographies, personalities and writing styles that differ from the creator's.

* Publius, author of the Federalist Papers, was three Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.

* [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd David Wong]] (Creator/JasonPargin)

* B. Traven (not yet revealed, assumed to have been Ret Marut or Otto Feige--and if that's not confusing enough, Ret Marut was itself a pseudonym, and Marut and Feige may have possibly been the same person). Virtually every detail of Traven's life has been disputed and hotly debated.

* Creator/ElleryQueen (Daniel Nathan and Manford Lepofsky)

* Creator/OsamuTezuka uses the nickname ''Osamushi'', which is the Japanese name of a beetle; he writes it like ''Osamu'' + ''mushi'' ('insect'). During his lifetime, he would sometimes use this nickname for signing autographs with an occasional illustration of his characters. ([[https://i.imgur.com/PFA5Yz7.jpg such as this autograph featuring a drawing]] of Manga/{{Unico}} over his name)

* Mercedes Wainwright - Creator/NigellaLawson. Part of her production as a journalist (mostly for magazines) was written under a pseudonym.

Supertrope of MoustacheDePlume and SameFaceDifferentName, so please don't repeat those examples here. See also HousePseudonym.

* B. Traven (not yet revealed, assumed to have been Ret Marut or Otto Feige (Who may be the same person)). Virtually every detail of Traven's life has been disputed and hotly debated.

Sometimes, the pen name the author uses gets its own individuality and qualities; in these cases, it can also be called a heteronym -- the fictional identities authors can create in order to talk through them, experimenting new styles and acting as different people instead of publicating under a different name, but otherwise writing as themselves. Thus, heteronyms can be said to be characters not much different from the ones the author uses in the work proper, sometimes with their own biographies, personalities and writing styles that differ from the creator's.

Several times, the pen name the author uses gets its own individuality and qualities; in these cases, it can also be called a heteronym -- the fictional identities authors can create in order to talk through them, experimenting new styles and acting as different people, instead of publicating under a different name, but otherwise writing as themselves. Thus, heteronyms can be said to be characters no much different from the ones the author uses in the work proper, sometimes with their own biographies, personalities and writing styles that differ from the creator's.

** "Literature/TheCastleOnOuterplanet" was co-written by Creator/CMKornbluth, Creator/RobertWLowndes, and Creator/FrederikPohl, and published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/SDGottesman.

* Pat Murphy wrote ''There and Back Again'' under the pseudonym of Max Merriwell. She wrote Wild Angel under the name Mary Maxwell, which was supposed to be Max Merriwell writing under a pen name. In Adventures in Space and Time With Max Merriwell (written under her real name) Max Merriwell meets his pen names on a cruise.

* Creator/CMKornbluth:
** "[[Literature/ThirteenOClock Thirteen O'Clock]]", "Literature/TheCityInTheSofa", "Literature/TheGoldenRoad", "Literature/MrPackerGoesToHell", "Literature/TheReversibleRevolutions", "Literature/TheRocketOf1955", and "Literature/WhatSorghumSays" were all published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/CecilCorwin.
** "Literature/ForgottenTongue" and "{{Literature/Interference}}" were both published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/WalterCDavies.
** "[[Literature/MasqueradeKornbluth Masquerade]]" and "Literature/TheWordsOfGuru" were both published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/KennethFalconer.
** "Literature/DeadCenter", "Literature/DimensionOfDarkness", "Literature/FirePower", "Literature/KazamCollects", "Literature/ThePerfectInvasion", and "[[Literature/ReturnFromM15 Return from M-15]]" were all published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/SDGottesman.
** "Literature/TheCastleOnOuterplanet" was co-written by Creator/CMKornbluth, Creator/RobertWLowndes, and Creator/FrederikPohl, and published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/SDGottesman.
** "Literature/NoPlaceToGo" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/EdwardJBellin.
* Creator/HenryKuttner: "Literature/TheTouchingPoint" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/EdwardJBellin.
* Creator/RobertWLowndes
** "Ambition", "The Burrowers Beneath", "Forbidden Books", and "Literature/TheLongWall" were published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/WilfredOwenMorley
** "The Wind from the River" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/RichardMorrison.
** "Literature/TheDollMaster" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/PaulDennisLavond.
* Creator/JohnBMichel: "Literature/TheGoblinsWillGetYou", "Literature/TheLastViking", "{{Literature/Power|1941}}", "Literature/RebirthOfTomorrow", "Literature/SpokesmanForTerra", and "Literature/WhenHalfWorldsMeet" were all published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/HughRaymond.
* Creator/FrederikPohl: "Worlds in Exile" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/EltonVAndrews
* Creator/DonaldAWollheim:
** "Literature/BlindFlight", "{{Literature/Cosmophobia}}", and "Literature/PurpleDandelions" were all published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/MillardVerneGordon.
** "Literature/TheUnfinishedCity" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/MartinPearson.
** "Literature/StrangeReturn" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/LawrenceWoods.
** "Literature/BlackFlames" and "Literature/TheColossusOfMaia" were co-written by Creator/RobertWLowndes and Creator/DonaldAWollheim, and published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name Creator/LawrenceWoods.
** "[[Literature/ExclaimExclaimExclaim !!!]]" was published in ''Magazine/StirringScienceStories'' under the name X.
* Creator/JohnWCampbell used the pseudonym Arthur [=McCann=] several times during issues of ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'', such as short columns for the [[Recap/Analog1939 1939 issues]], such as "Literature/Isotope235" and "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning".
* Creator/LRonHubbard used the pseudonym Frederick Engelhardt for several stories for ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', such as when he published ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'' in the [[Recap/Analog1939 August and September 1939 issues]], and "Literature/ThisShipKills!" in the November 1939 issue.
* Creator/MiltonARothman used the pseudonym Lee Gregor when publishing "Literature/HeavyPlanet" in the [[Recap/Analog1939 August 1939 issue]] and when publishing "Literature/ShawnsSword" in the October 1939 issue.

* David Gordon, Lou Tabakow, Ivar Jorgenson, Darrel T. Langart , Jonathan Blake [=MacKenzie=], S. M. Tenneshaw, and Gordon Aghill, Randall Garrett ([[Creator/RandallGarrett Randall Phillip Garrett]])

* Pat Murphy wrote There and Back Again under the pseudonym of Max Merriwell. She wrote Wild Angel under the name Mary Maxwell, which was supposed to be Max Merriwell writing under a pen name. In Adventures in Space and Time With Max Merriwell (written under her real name) Max Merriwell meets his pen names on a cruise.