Do authors still use pseudonyms while publishing books?

Many writers use pen names—but there's a right way and a wrong way to publish your book, stories, poems, or essays under a pseudonym. Actors and artists often use fictitious names, and writers sometimes choose to create under a different persona as well. read more

I am an author of 3 novels and I write under my pseudonym Alcatraz Dey. Well , the question to why I used it is very interesting. I write thrillers, my poems and articles are usually dark and make you think. read more

Two decades earlier, a young writer and Ph.D. candidate defended his chemistry dissertation worried he might be rejected because of a humorous essay published under his real name, despite asking his publisher to use a pseudonym. read more

He convinced his publisher to print the extra novels under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Books published under the pen name include: "Rage" (1977), "The Long Walk" (1979), "Roadwork" (1981), "The Running Man" (1982), "Thinner" (1984), "The Regulators" (1996), and "Blaze" (2007). 8. read more