List of women's pseudonyms and variant names
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This is a list of pseudonyms, gender-ambiguous, and variant names used by women authors.
See also: Female and gender-ambiguous names used by men
A
- Lynn Abbey (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[1]
- Hazel Adair (pseudonym for Hazel Addis)
- Anonymous (for many women writers):
- E. L. Arch (pseudonym for Rachel Ruth Cosgrove Payes)
- Paul Ash (pseudonym for Pauline Ashwell)
B
- A. M. Barnard (pseudonym for Louisa May Alcott)
- Currer Bell (pseudonym for Charlotte Brontë)
- Ellis Bell (pseudonym for Emily Brontë)
- Lisa Ben (pseudonym for Edith Eyde)
- Louky Bersianik (pseudonym for Lucile Durand)
- L. D. Biagi (pseudonym for Lottie F. Ambrose)
- J. Michael Bingham (pseudonym for D. C. Fontana)
- Edith Bland (alternate name for Edith Nesbit, better known as E. Nesbit)
- Fabian Bland (joint pseudonym for E. Nesbit and her husband)
- Marjorie Bowen (pseud. for Gabrielle M.V. Long)
- B. M. Bower (pseudonym for Mrs. Bertha Sinclair)
- B. L. Bowhay (variant name for Bertha L. Bowhay)
- Rebecca Brand (pseudonym for Suzy McKee Charnas)
- Ann Bridge (pseudonym for Lady Mary Dolling O'Malley)
- Philip Briggs (pseudonym for Phyllis Briggs)
- Pat A. Brisco (variant name for Patricia A. Brisco)
- D. K. Broster (variant name for Dorothy K. Broster)
- Elory Burke (online pseudonym for Alicia E. Goranson)
C
- Claude Cahun (chosen name of Lucy Schwob)
- Margaret Campbell (pseudonym for Gabrielle M.V. Long, best known as Marjorie Bowen)
- Judith Cape (pseudonym for Kathleen P. Page)
- Jayge Carr (pseudonym for Margery Ruth Morgenstern Krueger)
- Margaret Storm Chapman (variant name of Margaret Storm Jameson)
- C. J. Cherryh (pseudonym for Caroline Janice Cherry)
- Joan Conquest (pseudonym for Mrs. Leonard Cooke)
- Mrs. George Corbett (variant name for Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett)
- Howard L. Cory (pseudonym for Julie Ann Jardine)
- March Cost (pseudonym for Margaret Morrison)
- David Craigie (pseudonym for Dorothy M. Craigie)
- Cristabel (pseud. for Christine Abrahamsen)
- Victoria Cross (pseudonym for Vivian Cory)
- Christopher Crowfield (pseudonym for Harriet Beecher Stowe)
- M. A. Cummings (variant name for Monette A. Cummings)
- E. E. Cuthell (variant name for Edith E. Cuthell)
D-F
- Max Daniels (pseudonym for Roberta Gellis)
- Jack Danvers (pseudonym for Camille Caseleyr)
- Jorge De Reyna (pseudonym for Diane Ditzer De Reyna)
- Richard Dehan (pseud.; see Graves)
- Mrs. A. M. Diehl (Alice M. Diehl)
- Maxim Donne (pseudonym for Madelaine Elizabeth Duke)
- Sonya Dorman (variant name for Sonya Dorman Hess)
- Helen Edmonds (variant name for Helen Woods, better known as Anna Kavan)
- M. Barnard Eldershaw (joint pseudonym for Flora Eldershaw and May Barnard)
- George Eliot (pen name for Mary Anne Evans)
- Jane Emerson (pseudonym for Doris Egan)
- Explorabilis (pseudonym for Eliza F. Haywood)
- Mrs. James C. Fifield (variant or pseudonym for Effie Merriman)
- D. C. Fontana (variant name for Dorothy C. Fontana)
- Tracey Forbes (female writer on Buffy)
- C. S. Friedman (variant name for Celia S. Friedman)
G-H
- Jane Gaskell (pseud for Jane Lynch)
- Hal Godfrey (pseud for Charlotte O'Conner Eccles)
- L. A. Graf (joint pseudonym between Julia Ecklar and Karen Rose Cercone)
- I. F. Grant (variant name for Isabel F. Grant)
- Judith Grossman (variant name for Judith Merril?)
- Gena Hale (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly)
- Jessica Hall (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly)
- Ernest Hamilton (pseudonym for Judith Merril)
- Louise Hathaway (pseudonym for Maria Metlova)
- Charles Henneberg (unattributed contributions by Nathalie Henneberg)
- Nathalie-Charles Henneberg (variant name by Nathalie Henneberg)
- Jessie Jacquetta Hawkes (variant name for Jacquetta Hawkes)
- Lee Hoffman (variant name for Shirley Lee Hoffman)
- H. M. Hoover (female author)[2]
- J. Hunter Holly (pseudonym for Joan Carol Holly)
- E. Mayne Hull (variant name for Edna Mayne Hull)
I-J
- Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin (variant name for Inez Haynes Gillmore)
- Ralph Iron (pseudonym for Olive Schreiner)
- M. Jaeger (variant name for Muriel Jaeger)
- M. Storm Jameson (pseudonym for M. Chapman)
- J. O. Jeppson (variant name for Janet Opal Jeppson)
- Cyril Judd (joint pseudonym for Judith Merril and C. M. Kornbluth)
K
- Jean E. Karl (female author with gender-neutral name)[2]
- Gael Kathryns (pseudonym for Gael Baudino)
- Anna Kavan (pseudonym for Helen Woods Edmonds)
- Rebecca Kelly (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly)
- John Kendell (pseudonym for Margaret Maud Brash)
- Susan Alice Kerby (psuedonym for Elizabeth Burton)
- Jessie Douglas Kerruish (female author[2])
- Lee Killough (variant name for Karen Lee Killough)
- Lou King-Hall (variant name for Louise Olga Elizabeth King-Hall)
- Aino Krohn (birth name of Aino Kallas)
L
- William Lamb (pseudonym for Margaret Storm Jameson)
- Jane Lane (pseudonym for Elaine Dakers)
- Simon Lang (pseudonym for Darlene Hartman)
- Louise Lawrence (pseudonym for Elizabeth Rhoda Wintle)
- Margery Lawrence (pseudonym for A.E. Towle, female author[2])
- Lilian Leslie (pseudonym for Violet Lilian Perkins)
- A. M. Lightner (variant name for Alice Martha Lightner Hopf)
- A. Reynolds Long (variant name for Amelia Reynolds Long)
- Lilith Lorraine (pseudonym for Mary M. Wright)
- Frank Lin (pseudonym for Gertrude Franklin Atherton)
- A. Reynolds Long (variant name for Amelia Reynolds Long)
- Adam Lukens (pseudonym for Diane Ditzer De Reyna)
- Lester Lurgan (pseudonym for Mabel W. Knowles)
M
- Chris Manheim (female writer on Xena)
- Helen Mathers (variant name for Helen Mathers Reeves)
- Julian May (gender-ambiguous name for woman author)
- Ardath Mayhar (gender-ambiguous name for woman author)
- L. T. Meade (variant name for Elizabeth L. T. Meade; Elizabeth Thomasina Meade)
- A. Garland Mears (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Ella Merchant (see Alice Ilgenfritz Jones]])
- Max Merriwell (pseudonym for Pat Murphy)
- Marlys Millhiser (variant name for Marlys Joy Millhiser)
- C. L. Moore (variant name for Catherine Lucille Moore)
- Marcel Moore (pseudonym for Suzanne Malherbe)
- Raylyn Moore (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Roxanne Morgan (pseudonym for Mary Gentle)
- V. T. Murray (pseudonym for Violet T. Murray)
- Merril Mushroom (pseudonym for Meril Harris)
N-P
- Cary Neeper (pseudonym for Carolyn Neeper)
- E. Nesbit (variant name for Edith Nesbit; also known as Edith Nesbit Bland)
- Andrew North (pseudonym for Alice Mary Norton, better known as Andre Norton)
- Andre Norton (legal name change from Alice Mary Norton)
- Alice Nunn (pseudonym for Alison Mackirdy)
- Lawrence O'Donnell (pseudonym for C.L. Moore in collaboration with Henry Kuttner)
- H. E. Orcutt (variant name for Harriet E. Orcutt)
- Bertha Oulot (pseudonym for Bertha von Suttner)
- Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for Catherine Lucille Moore)
- Severna Park (pseudonym for Suzanne Feldman)
- Robert Paye (pseudonym for Gabrielle M.V. Long, best known as Marjorie Bowen)
- William Penmare (pseud. for Mavis Nisot)
- George Preedy (pseudonym for Gabrielle M.V. Long, best known as Marjorie Bowen)
Q-R
- H. M. Raleigh (variant name for Hilary M. Raleigh)
- E. J. Rath (pseudonym for Edith Rathbone Brainerd)
- Kit Reed (pseudonym for Lillian Craig Reed)
- Helen Reeves (variant name for Helen Mathers Reeves
- Michael Richards (pseudonym for D. C. Fontana)
- M. Rickert (variant name for a female author)
- Willo Davis Roberts (gender-ambiguous name for woman writer[2])
- Noelle Roger (pseudonym for Helene Pittard (variant spellings: Hélène Pittard; Helénè Pittard))
S
- M. Saltoun (variant name for Mary Saltoun)
- J. M. Scott (initialism variant name for Jean M. Scott, woman author)[2]
- Rose Sharon (pseudonym for Judith Merril)
- Joseph Shearing (pseudonym for Gabrielle M.V. Long, best known as Marjorie Bowen)
- Raccoona Sheldon (pseudonym for Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon, best known as James Tiptree, Jr.)
- Wilmar H. Shiras (gender-ambiguous name for woman author, Jane House)
- A. E. Silas (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- D. N. Sims (variant name for Denise M. Sims)
- Sigfridur Skaldaspillir (pseudonym for Mildred Downey Broxon)
- Elizabeth Meade Smith (variant name for Elizabeth L. T. Meade)
- Gordon Stairs (pseudonym for Mary Austin)
- Francis Stevens (pseudonym for Gertrude Barrows Bennett)
- D. E. Stevenson (variant name for Dorothy E. Stevenson)
- Leslie F. Stone (pseudonym of Mrs. William Silverberg)
- Adrien Stoutenberg (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Eunice Sudak (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Aino Suonio (pseudonym for Aino Kallas)
- Jarl Szydow (pseudonym for Mary Vigliante)
T-V
- Gabriel Tarde (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Allyn Thompson (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Eric Thorstein (pseudonym for Judith Merril)
- James Tiptree, Jr. (pseudonym for Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon)
- F. G. Trafford (pseudonym for Charlotte Eliza Riddell)
- Meriel Trevor (gender-ambiguous name for woman author[2])
- Lynn Viehl (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly, better known as S. L. Viehl)
- S. L. Viehl (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly)
- Voltaire (pseudonym for Francoise Marie Arouet de Voltaire, woman writer[2])
- "Two Women of the West" (joint pseudonym for Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant)
- Sydney Van Scyoc (gender-ambiguous name for Sydney Joyce Van Scyoc, woman writer)
W-Z
- G. McDonald Wallis (variant name for Geraldine McDonald Wallis)
- John J. Wells (pseudonym for Juanita Coulson)
- K.D. Wentworth (variant name for Kathy D. Wentworth)
- Evelyn Whitell (gender-ambiguous name for female author[2])
- Cherry Wilder (pseudonym for Cherry Barbara Grimm)
- John Winch (pseudonym for Gabrielle M.V. Long, best known as Marjorie Bowen)
- Mrs. Henry Wood (legal married name for Ellen Wood)
- W. R. Wren (pseudonym for Martha Kay Renfro)
- F. E. Young (variant name for Florence E. Young)
- Princess Vera Zarovitch (pseudonym for Mary E. Bradley Lane)
References
- Schlobin, Urania's Daughters
- Various (books, wikipedia, biographies, fantasticfiction.co.uk, etc.)
- a.k.a. (website), maintained by Steve Trussel