A Pen Name (also known as a pseudonym) is a made-up name a writer or artist (in the case of performers, this is called a Stage Name) produces works under for whatever reason. (Rule of Cool, mostly, or in the case of famous actors / people, it's also a way to find out whether or not they'd be succesful even without their star power attached to it.) Supertrope of Moustache De Plume and Same Face, Different Name, so please don't repeat those examples here.
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| - A Pen Name (also known as a pseudonym) is a made-up name a writer or artist (in the case of performers, this is called a Stage Name) produces works under for whatever reason. (Rule of Cool, mostly, or in the case of famous actors / people, it's also a way to find out whether or not they'd be succesful even without their star power attached to it.) Supertrope of Moustache De Plume and Same Face, Different Name, so please don't repeat those examples here.
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| - A Pen Name (also known as a pseudonym) is a made-up name a writer or artist (in the case of performers, this is called a Stage Name) produces works under for whatever reason. (Rule of Cool, mostly, or in the case of famous actors / people, it's also a way to find out whether or not they'd be succesful even without their star power attached to it.) Supertrope of Moustache De Plume and Same Face, Different Name, so please don't repeat those examples here. Examples of Pen Name include:
* Apollo C. Vermouth (Paul McCartney)
* Andrew Clements (Hanne Turk)
* Anne Onymous (not yet revealed)
* B. Traven (not yet revealed, assumed to have been Ret Marut or Otto Feige)
* Bill Bailey (Mark Bailey; he named himself after the wartime song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey")
* Boz (Charles Dickens, in his first works)
* C. Spike Trotman (not yet revealed)
* Captain Ger Bear (Geremy Walker)
* Cecil Adams may or may not be the pen name of Ed Zotti.
* Charles Ogden (various authors)
* Claymore J. Flapdoodle (Phil Foglio on cards with his art in the Magic: The Gathering joke set Unglued)
* Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
* Cordwainer Bird (Harlan Ellison; a Shout-Out to the above, reserved for "Alan Smithee" situations where he feels that Executive Meddling messed his contribution beyond repair)
* Darren Shan (Darren O'Shaunnessy)
* Ding Ling (Jiang Bingzhi)
* David Bowie (David Jones)
* e. o. plauen (Erich Ohser when he produced Vater und Sohn)
* Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe)
* G.A. McKevett (Sonja Massie)
* George Orwell (Eric Blair)
* Gerald Wiley (Ronnie Barker)
* Hergé (Georges Remi)
* Isaac Asimov is actually an inversion. Many assumed it was an exotic pen name for a sci-fi author, but it was his actual name.
* Jack Kirby (Jacob Kurtzberg)
* Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman)
* Jean Paul (Jean Paul Friedrich Richter)
* J. E. Mand ("S. O. Meone") (Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as playwright)
* Jin Yong (Louis Cha)
* Joachim Ringelnatz (Hans Bötticher)
* John Twelve Hawks (as of yet unknown)
* Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Nalecz Konrad Korzeniowski)
* Kenny Everett (Maurice Cole)
* Kim Harrison (Dawn Cook)
* Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
* Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
* Linkara - Lewis Lovhaug. Subversion: Lewis used it as a pen name for his childhood novels. It soon was used as a log in name for his written reviews and finally became, well, Linkara.)
* Loriot (Vicco von Bülow)
* Marc Bolan (Marc Feld)
* Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
* Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (also a stage name)
* Morris (Maurice De Bevere)
* N.W. Clerk (C.S. Lewis)
* Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochran)
* Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg)
* O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
* Paul French (Isaac Asimov)
* Philalethes (King John of Saxony)
* Professor Hoffmann (Angelo John Lewis)
* Pseudonymous Bosch (Raphael Simon)
* Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado)
* Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
* Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
* Rius (Eduardo del Río)
* Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney Jr.)
* Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
* Silence Dogood (Benjamin Franklin)
* Stendhal (Henri Beyle)
* S. W. Erndase -- a person wrote The Expert at the Card Table under this name in the early 1900s. The author's true identity remains a mystery to this day.
* Vic Reeves (Jim Moir)
* Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)
* Possibly William Shakespeare, according to several (unproven) theories.
* Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith)
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