Definition of pen name
: an author's pseudonym
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Examples of pen name in a Sentence
Samuel L. Clemens is better known by his pen name “Mark Twain.”
Recent Examples of pen name from the Web
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On Thursday, July 19, at 6:30 p.m., the festival will present an appearance by sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine, who live in Connecticut and Maryland, respectively, and write together using the pen name Liv Constantine.
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Liu’s close friends Gao Yu, a veteran journalist in Beijing, and Wu Yangwei, better known by his pen name Ye Du, said Liu Xia left on a Finnair flight Tuesday morning.
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Abrams is an award-winning romance novelist Under the pen name Selena Montgomery, Abrams has written eight romantic suspense novels, selling more than 100,000 copies.
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By then the Millars had settled in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Kenneth had begun writing detective novels too, eventually using the pen name Ross Macdonald.
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Panik is also excited for the return of Liv Constantine, the pen name of sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine.
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McCauley is the author of seven novels, plus two more under the pen name Rain Mitchell, and is co-director of Brandeis University’s creative writing program.
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The relative, visitors to the show learn, is the author Willard Motley, whose Chicago Defender pen name was Bud Billiken.
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Based on the novel series by James S.A. Corey (the pen name for Abraham and Ty Franck), The Expanse is set two centuries in the future after humans have colonized the solar system.
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First Known Use of pen name
circa 1864
PEN NAME Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of pen name for English Language Learners
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: a name used by a writer instead of the writer's real name
PEN NAME Defined for Kids
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Definition of pen name for Students
: a false name that an author uses on his or her work
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