Why Would You Use a Pen name

It is not unusual for a writer to have a pen name; Mark Twain, George Orwell, Lewis Carroll and many others adopted different names in their ordinary lives. The reasons for having a pen name can be different. Sometimes, if a writer creates something politically sensitive, the reason can be security. It also can because of genre change – a thriller writer suddenly decides to write romance and doesn’t want to disappoint her audience. Sometimes,

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