Episode 26: Pen names

Good Librations Podcast episode 26

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it turns out.

This month we take a deep dive through the history of pseudonyms – who has them, who dropped them and wherefore art thou?

Find it on SpotifyApple or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

Shelf-absorbed (books we reviewed)

Mr Einstein’s Secretary by Matthew Reilly

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Mr Einstein’s Secretary by Matthew Reilly  Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Shelf-important (things we mentioned)

21 Famous Authors and Their Pen Names - The eNotes Blog

Famous Authors Who Used Pen Names (and Why They Did It)

Pen Names and The Famous Writers Who Use Them - Writing Agency, Technical Writers, Ghostwriters

What is a pen name? | National Library of Scotland

The Power of Pen Names | The Center for Fiction

Fernando Pessoa | The Poetry Foundation

The Power of a Pen Name: Why Writers Choose to Stay Anonymous - INTELLECTUAL INK

The Pros and Cons of Using a Pen Name - KN Literary Arts

Behind the Pen Name | The Writing Quarter

Pen Name : The Benefits of Using a Pen Name for Authors

The Pros and Cons of Using a Pen Name - The CopyPress

Elena Ferrante | Biography, Books, My Brilliant Friend, & Facts | Britannica

 

Authors:

  • William Shakespeare
  • Jayne Castle
  • Jayne Ann Krentz
  • Amanda Quick
  • Nora Roberts
  • J.D. Robb
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Rosalind Smith
  • J.K. Rowling
  • Robert Galbraith
  • Charlotte Bronte
  • Anne Bronte
  • Emily Bronte
  • Prince
  • Pittacus Lore
  • James Frey
  • Jobie Hughes
  • Greg Boose
  • K.A. Applegate
  • Michael Grant
  • Katherine Applegate
  • James S. A. Corey
  • Daniel Abraham
  • Ty Franck
  • Beyonce
  • Sasha Fierce
  • Anne Rice
  • Anne Rampling
  • A.N. Roquelaure
  • Dr Seuss
  • Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass
  • Sergeant Fathom
  • W. Epimanondus Adrastus Blab
  • Louisa May Alcott
  • Flora Fairfield
  • A.N. Barnard
  • Silence Dogood
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Caelia Shortface
  • Martha Careful
  • Richard Saunders
  • Busy Body
  • Anthony Afterwit
  • Polly Baker
  • Benevolus
  • George Eliot
  • Lewis Carroll
  • Mary Westmacott
  • Agatha Christie
  • Voltaire
  • George Orwell
  • Ayn Rand
  • Richard Bachman
  • Stephen King
  • Lemony Snicket
  • Lee Child
  • Fernando António Nogueira Pêssoa
  • Walt Whitman
  • Elena Ferrante

 

Books/written works:

  • Nom de plume: A Secret History of Pseudonyms by Carmela Ciuraru
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

I just can't help my-shelf

Authors/works:

  • J.R.R. Tolkien

Shelf-obsessed (further reading and listening)

  • My brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante
  • The girl who knew too much by Amanda Quick
  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • Blue moon by Lee Child
  • The bad beginning by Lemony Snicket
  • Animal farm by George Orwell
  • Green eggs and ham by Dr Seuss
  • The mercy of gods by James S.A. Corey
  • The ink black heart by Robert Galbraith
  • Encore in death by J.D. Robb