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What’s In a Name?: Books Written Under a Pen Name

Authors use pen names for a wide variety of reasons, including to disguise their true identity, to write in a different genre, or just to make their name more interesting and distinctive. Regardless of the reason, here is a list of fantastic books written under a pen name!

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  • Fed up with her corporate job, Sasha heads to a seaside resort where she meets a man named Finn, who seems just as grumpy and fed up with life. This heartwarming and amusing romance novel follows the pair as they are forced together by…
    BookNew York : The Dial Press, [2023] — FIC Kinse
  • It is 2027. Humans rely on genetically engineered tapeworms to protect them from illness and boost their immune systems… but the parasites are growing restless and will stop at nothing to have their own lives. Mira Grant is one of Seanan…
    BookNew York : Orbit, 2013. — FIC Grant
  • Twenty-five years after her father published tell-all nonfiction book about their family’s paranormal experiences at Baneberry Hall, Maggie Hold has inherited the rambling Victorian estate and intends to uncover the truth. Riley Sagar is…
    BookNew York : Dutton, [2020] — FIC Sager
  • This fast-paced dystopian/horror novel follows one hundred boys as they endure a five-hundred-mile marathon race, known as The Long Walk. The prize for the winner? Anything he wants for the rest of his life. Richard Bachman is one Stephen…
    PaperbackNew York : Penguin Group, [1999], c1979. — FIC Bachm
  • This intricately plotted mystery thriller book follows an out-of-work British actress who is hired by a firm of divorce lawyers to act as a decoy for cheating husbands. But when cops begin investigating one of these husbands for murdering…
    Book[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2018] — FIC Delan
  • Poetic and powerful, this memoir is about the early years of Maya Angelou’s life. Maya Angelou is the pen name of Marguerite Annie Johnson. Also available as an eBook, audiobook and CD audiobook.
    BookNew York : Random House, c1969. — 818.54 Angel
  • Kel is a Sword Catcher – the body guard and look-a-like to Prince Conor Aurelian. Lin is a physician searching for forbidden knowledge to heal her friend. When a failed assassination attempt draws Kel and Lin together, they venture into…
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2023] — FIC Clare
  • The first in a long-running series, this novel follows Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPD as she investigates a brutal murder, while fighting to control her growing attraction to the lead suspect. J.D. Robb is the pen name of Nora Roberts…
    PaperbackNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004, c1995. — FIC MYS Robb
  • In this epic fantasy novel, retired assassin, FitzChivalry Farseer, is living a peaceful life under the alias Tom Badgerlock – that is until a group of marauders crashes the manor’s Winterfest, which forces Fitz to once again pick up his…
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2014] — FIC Hobb
  • Young reporter, Reuben Golding, is on assignment in rural California when he is bitten by an unknown beast and begins a terrifying transformation into a werewolf. This fast-paced, atmospheric fantasy and horror novel is written by Anne…
    BookNew York : Anchor Books, 2013.