pen name

Example Sentences

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Romance novelist Florence Keeling, born in Coventry, writes under her name as well as using the pen name Charlie Dean and the darker romance material as Tanya Mounts.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Fern, whose pen name wouldn’t be widely familiar until 1851, was a bright and spirited girl whose time at a religious school failed to subdue her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The series was then handed on to an author using the pen name Aubrey Clark for three more.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

The author is a federal civil servant who has been granted the use of a pen name to protect them and their family from reprisals.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025

He can have another name given to him when he comes of age, a nickname from his friends, and if he is a poet, he can have a pen name.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep