{"product_id":"pen-names-hardcover-1","title":"Pen Names - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirsty McHugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour favorite author may not be who they say they are.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The stories behind why an author chose their literary alias can be just as compelling as the works that they wrote. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Writers publish under pen names for a variety of reasons. Some use them to fit in while others employ them to stand out from the crowd. \u003ci\u003ePen Names\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history of literary aliases from the nineteenth century to the present day through forty novelists, poets, and playwrights. These include famous pseudonymous writers such as George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans), Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë), Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), George Orwell (Eric Blair), crime writers such as Josephine Tey and Nicci French, and those lesser-known writers whose real identities have been obscured behind their literary aliases. \u003ci\u003ePen Names\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the wide range of motivations for taking on new names, including gender, the use of pseudonyms for different genres, and writing as a team. Collectively, the stories in this book give the audience unusual insights into authors, publishers, and readers over the last two hundred years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsty McHugh\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator at the National Library of Scotland. \u003cb\u003eIan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator at the National Library of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327666798841,"sku":"9781851246496","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cXw9N5NsqA9781851246496_c512dfb6-428c-4d78-bbe5-7a26b6923a8f.webp?v=1769581514","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pen-names-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}