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Pen Name Birth Name
Agatha Christie Agatha Marie Clarissa Miller
A.A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne
Abigail Van Buren Pauline Ester Friedman
Albert Brooks Albert Lawrence Einstein
Aleister Crowley Edward Alexander Crowley
Alexandre Dumas Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Allen Ginsburg Irwin Allen Ginsberg
Amiri Baraka Everett LeRoi Jones
Anais Nin Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Ann Landers Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer
Anne Rice Anne Rampling
Anton Szandor La Vey Howard Stanton Levey
Auguste Compte Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
Augusten Burroughs Christopher Robison
Ayn Rand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
Banjo Patterson Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter
Bell Hooks Gloria Jean Watkins
Bertold Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
C.P. Snow Charles Percy Snow
C.S. Forester Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
Carson McCullers Lula Carson Smith McCullers
Charles Bukowski Henry charles Bukowski
Cormac McCarthy Charles McCarthy
Danielle Steel Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel
Dante Durante Alighieri
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti
Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett
Dorothy L. Sayres Dorothy Leigh Sayres
Dorothy Lamour Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer
Dr. Joyce Brothers Joyce Diane Bauer
Dr. Ruth Westheimer Karola Ruth Siegel
Dr. Seuss Theodore Geisel
e e cummings Edward Estlin Cummings
E.B. White Elwyn Brooks White
E.L. Doctorow Edgar Laurence Doctorow
E.M. Forester Edward Morgan Forster
Elie Wiesel Eliezer Wipyler
Ellery Queen David Nathan & Emanuel Lepofsky
Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh
Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound
F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Fiona MacLeod William Sharp
Flann O'Brien Brian O'Nolan
Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor
Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Gene Roddenberry Wesley Eugene Roddenberry
George Eliot Mary Anne Evans
George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair
Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.
H.D. Hilda Doolittle
H.G. Wells Herbert George Wells
H.L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken
H.P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee
Harriet Tubman Araminta Ross Tubman
Hart Crane Harold Hart Crane
Honoré de Balzac Honoré Balssa
Iris Murdoch Jean Iris Murdoch
Isak Dinesen Karen Blixen
J.D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger
J.M. Barrie James Matthew Barrie
J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Jamaica Kincaid Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson
James Clavell Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle
James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
Jean Auel Jean Marie Untinen
Jerzy Kosinski Jerzy Lewinkopf
JK Rowling Joanne Rowling
John Berryman John Allyn Smith
John Irving John Wallace Blunt, Jr.
John LeCarré David John Moore Cornwell
Joseph Conrad Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski
Jude Deveraux Jude Gilliam
Ken Kesey Kenneth Elton Kesey
Khalil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran
Knut Hamsun Knud Pedersen
Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes
Lemony Snicket Daniel Handler
Leo Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
LeRoi Jones Everett LeRoi Jones
Lester Bangs Leslie Conway Bangs
Lewis Carroll Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lord Byron George Gordon Noel Byron
Louis L'Amour Louis Dearborn La Moore
Louise Erdrich Karen Louise Erdrich
Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle Camp
Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust
Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse-François de Sade
Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov
Maya Angelou Marguerite Johnson
Michael Collins Dennis Lynds
Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Mina Loy Mina Gertrude Lowy
Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hathorne
Ngaio Marsh Edith Ngaio Marsh
Nigel Kneale Thomas Nigel Kneale
Nikki Giovanni Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky
Nora Roberts Eleanor Marie Robertson
O. Henry William Sydney Porter
Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash
Pablo Neruda Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
Paule Marshall Valenza Pauline Burke
Piers Anthony Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein
Rona Barrett Rona Burstein
Ross MacDonald Kenneth Millar
Rudyard Kipling Richard Kipling
Saki Hector Hugh Munro
Salman Rushdie Ahmed Salman Rushdie
Saul Bellow Solomon Bellows
Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis
Sojourner Truth Isabella Baumfree
Sonia Sanchez Wilsonia Benita Driver
Stan Lee Stanley Martin Lieber
T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot
Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams
Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann
Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy
Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerley
Toni Cade Bambara Miltona Mirkin Cade
Toni Morrison Chloe Anthony Wofford
Truman Capote Truman Streckfus Persons
Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
V.C. Andrews Cleo Virginia Andrews
Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf
Voltaire François-Marie Arouet
W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham
W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
W.H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden
Willa Cather Wilella Sibert Cather
William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II
Zane Grey Pearl Zane Gray