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Pseudonym

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

Definition: Also known as a "pen-name," a pseudonym is the name that a writer uses instead of his or her name.
Examples:
Piers Anthony - Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
Lewis Carroll - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
George Orwell - Eric Arthur Blair
Mark Twain - Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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