A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. The author's name may be known only to the publisher, or may come to be common knowledge.
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“As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)