| Famous Pen Names | ||
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Many authors have published some or all of their works under a pseudonym, or Nom de Plume (Pen Name). The Pen Name signatures of five of the authors listed here - Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Samuel Clemens, Charles Dodgson and Charles Lamb - appear below. |
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| Pen Name | Real Name | Lived |
| Acton Bell | Anne Bronte | 1820 - 1849 |
| Currer Bell | Charlotte Bronte | 1816 - 1855 |
| Ellis Bell | Emily Bronte | 1818 - 1848 |
| Nicholas Blake | Cecil Day Lewis | 1904 - 1972 |
| Boz | Charles John Huffam Dickens | 1812 - 1870 |
| Lewis Carroll | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson | 1832 - 1898 |
| Elia | Charles Lamb | 1775 - 1834 |
| George Eliot | Mary Ann Evans | 1819 - 1880 |
| Maxim Gorky | Alexey Maximovich Peshkov | 1868 - 1936 |
| O. Henry | William Sydney Porter | 1862 - 1910 |
| John le Carre | David John Moore Cornwell | 1931 - Date |
| George Orwell | Eric Arthur Blair | 1903 - 1950 |
| Ellery Queen |
Frederic Dannay (and co-author/cousin) Manfred B. Lee |
1905 - 1982 1905 - 1971 |
| Saki | Hector Hugh Munroe | 1870 - 1916 |
| George Sand | Amandine Dupin | 1804 - 1876 |
| Stendhal | Marie Henri Beyle | 1783 - 1842 |
| Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens | 1835 - 1910 |
| Voltaire | François - Marie Arouet | 1694 - 1778 |
| Mary Westmacott | Dame Agatha Clarissa Mary Christie | 1890 - 1976 |
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