A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.
Pen names of famous authors include:
- Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
- 'BB' (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)
- Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
- Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
- Pauline Réage (Dominique Aury)
- Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
- George Sand (Armandine Lucie Aurore Dupin)
- James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon)
- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorn Clemens)
- Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)