Famous Pseudonyms and Real Names of Authors

Vocabulary flashcards covering authors, their pen names, real names, and motives for writing under pseudonyms.

George Eliot

Pen name used by Mary Ann Evans.

Lewis Carroll

Pen name used by Charles Dodgson.

Mark Twain

Pen name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

O Henry

Pen name used by William Sydney Porter.

Boz

Pen name used by Charles Dickens.

Banjo

Pen name used by A B Paterson (Australia).

George Orwell

Pen name used by Eric Blair.

Victoria Lucas

Pen name used by Sylvia Plath.

Saki

Pen name used by H H Munro.

Currer Bell

Pen name used by Charlotte Brontë.

Ellis Bell

Pen name used by Emily Brontë.

Acton Bell

Pen name used by Anne Brontë.

Arthur Pendennis

Pen name used by W M Thackeray.

Michaelangelo Titmarsh

Pen name used by W M Thackeray.

George Savage Fitzboodle

Pen name used by W M Thackeray.

Charles James Yellowplush

Pen name used by W M Thackeray.

Herr Teufelsdrockh

Pen name used by Thomas Carlyle.

Arion

Pen name used by G K Chesterton.

A E

Pen name used by G W Russell.

Katherine Mansfield

Pen name used by Katherine Beauchamp Murray.

Sholem Aleichem

Pen name used by Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich.

Voltaire

Pen name used by François Marie Arouet.

Maxim Gorky

Pen name used by Alexei Maximovich Peshkov.

George Sand

Pen name used by Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.

Karen Blixen

Pen name listed for real name Isak Dinesen.

Robert Galbraith

Pen name used by J K Rowling.

Flora Fairfield

Pen name used by Louisa May Alcott.

Clive Hamilton

Pen name used by modern writer C S Lewis.

Richard Bachman

Pen name used by modern writer Stephen King.

Dan Kavanagh

Pen name used by modern writer Julian Barnes.

Reasons to Use Pseudonyms

Authors use pseudonyms to stay private, to be taken seriously, to try a different style, or to protect their identity.