Examples of pen name in a Sentence
Samuel L. Clemens is better known by his pen name “Mark Twain.”
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Volume One includes stories by Fredric Brown, Dorothy B. Hughes and Richard Stark (a pen name for Donald Westlake).
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Tom Nolan, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (who is just Ursula Vernon under a pen name) won best novel; Samantha Mills’ Rabbit Test won best short story; The Expanse and Everything Everywhere All At Once and Dune and Andor are all among the nominees and winners.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2023
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Before becoming the 20th century’s premier spy novelist, David Cornwell (better known by his pen name, John le Carré) worked in British intelligence.
—Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
Elsewhere, writers like Kepner, Sten Russell (pen name of Stella Rush) and Norman Mailer used the magazine’s pages to illuminate pressing issues that remain all too familiar.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Millz dabbled in romance writing at first, writing under a different pen name, but found a more energized readership in street lit.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
Martin writes fantasy and romance novels from her home in southern New Hampshire, under a variety of pen names.
—Gina Tomaine, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Baggott is the author of more than two dozen books to date, both under her own name as well as various pen names like Bridget Asher.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 July 2023
Perry, born as Juliet Marion Hulme before taking up her pen name years later, was sentenced to 5 years in prison after being accused of bludgeoning Rieper to death in New Zealand with a brick wrapped in a stocking.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
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Tom Nolan, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (who is just Ursula Vernon under a pen name) won best novel; Samantha Mills’ Rabbit Test won best short story; The Expanse and Everything Everywhere All At Once and Dune and Andor are all among the nominees and winners.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2023
Get Tickets on Fandango The Pigeon Tunnel (Theaters and Apple TV+, Oct. 20)
Before becoming the 20th century’s premier spy novelist, David Cornwell (better known by his pen name, John le Carré) worked in British intelligence.
—Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
Elsewhere, writers like Kepner, Sten Russell (pen name of Stella Rush) and Norman Mailer used the magazine’s pages to illuminate pressing issues that remain all too familiar.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Millz dabbled in romance writing at first, writing under a different pen name, but found a more energized readership in street lit.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
Martin writes fantasy and romance novels from her home in southern New Hampshire, under a variety of pen names.
—Gina Tomaine, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Baggott is the author of more than two dozen books to date, both under her own name as well as various pen names like Bridget Asher.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 July 2023
Perry, born as Juliet Marion Hulme before taking up her pen name years later, was sentenced to 5 years in prison after being accused of bludgeoning Rieper to death in New Zealand with a brick wrapped in a stocking.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1864, in the meaning defined above
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: a false name used by an author
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