Every human has a name. It is our nature, our instinct to be called something. Names are the normal. Everyone gets a name at birth and life goes on, but people have discovered new uses for names. Authors are using fake names, or pseudonyms, to conceal their writing for many different reasons.
Pen names allow authors to overcome inequality and help authors to be seen professionally. The article “What’s in a Name” states, “Rowling’s publishers feared that young boys—the presumed audience of the Harry Potter Series—wouldn’t take the book seriously if they knew it was written by a woman. So Joanne Rowling became J. K. Rowling”(Bennett 1). Pen names have helped authors overcome judgment. “What’s in a Name?” also reports, “many female authors have
Pen names allow authors to overcome inequality and help authors to be seen professionally. The article “What’s in a Name” states, “Rowling’s publishers feared that young boys—the presumed audience of the Harry Potter Series—wouldn’t take the book seriously if they knew it was written by a woman. So Joanne Rowling became J. K. Rowling”(Bennett 1). Pen names have helped authors overcome judgment. “What’s in a Name?” also reports, “many female authors have