pen name

Example Sentences

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At the time Perry bludgeoned her best friend's mother to death, she was known as Juliet Hulme, later adopting Anne Perry as a pen name for her writing career.

From BBC

He took his pen name from the hero of a cult novel about dissolute post-Soviet life and was one of a high-profile cadre of hard-line, pro-war bloggers with enormous followings on Telegram.

From New York Times

The prize is named after novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.

From Reuters

He also wrote paperback novels and even a few hardcovers, mostly westerns and fantasies, some under the pen names Jay Scotland and Alan Payne.

From New York Times

“We have never seen somebody do this under a fictional but arguably bona fide pen name,” said Kevin Greenberg, an election attorney who is representing other Democratic City Council candidates.

From Seattle Times