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Recent Examples of pen name
During his downtime, Radcliffe works with the Trevor Project (among other charities); writes poetry (under a pen name); and unwinds by playing fantasy football and learning complex rap lyrics.
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Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Darian, who uses a pen name for her writing, tells Glamour via Zoom.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively present the first trailer for the film about two sisters with a strong bond that is inspired by the novel of the same name by Janusz Korczak, also known under his pen name Henryk Goldszmit.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Raised in Villa Park, Calif., Smith chose to model her pen name after her two favorite fantasy writers, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Darian, who uses a pen name for her writing, tells Glamour via Zoom.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively present the first trailer for the film about two sisters with a strong bond that is inspired by the novel of the same name by Janusz Korczak, also known under his pen name Henryk Goldszmit.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Raised in Villa Park, Calif., Smith chose to model her pen name after her two favorite fantasy writers, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen name
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Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Dickens had taken a nom de plume in the tradition of journalists and periodical writers, but there was no need to conceal his identity.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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The action-thriller is an adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian tale, originally published in 1982 under the prolific author's Richard Bachman pseudonym, which served as the basis for the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle of the same name.—
Clark Collis Updated,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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The short text—reprinted in full in Katz’s book—documents the lives and loves of some two dozen lesbians, all of whom were based on real people Adams knew but identified in Lesbian Love only by pseudonyms.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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“Pen name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20name. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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