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Do You Know Which Authors Hid Behind These Pseudonyms?

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 Do You Know Which Authors Hid Behind These Pseudonyms?

Robert Galbraith is J.K. Rowling's pseudonym. After the _Harry Potter_ series ended, she wanted to write crime fiction but wasn't sure how the fans of _HP_ would react!

J.K. Rowling

After King published his first book, he had to convince his publishers to put out more of his books under a pseudonym because it was unusual in those days for an author to release more than one book per year!

Stephen King

Azorín was the pseudonym of the renowned Spanish author, José Martínez Ruiz.

José Martínez Ruiz

This Nicaraguan poet initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo.

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento

He eventually changed his pseudonym, Pablo Neruda, to his legal name.

Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë were poets in the 1840s who adopted traditionally masculine names to avoid discrimination.

The Brontë sisters

Edgar Cuthwellis, Edgar U. C. Westhill, and Louis Carroll were other pseudonyms his editor suggested!

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

He used the pseudonym because he was in medical school and didn't want his future patients to worry that he'd put them in his books.

Michael Crichton

Lemony Snicket started as a fake name Daniel Handler gave to right-wing organizations when doing research for his first book, _The Big Eight_.

Daniel Handler

Dickens' first writings were sketches that were attributed to the mysterious Boz.

Charles Dickens

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