Nom de Plume

<p>MaryAnne Evans. Charles Dodgson. Eric Blair. William Sydney Porter. Or as they aremore commonly remembered George Eliot Lewis Carroll George Orwell and O.Henry. For these writers and many others from Mark Twain to Stan Lee to RobertJordan the invocation of a <em>nom de plume </em>has been an essential part inthe creation of an authorial identity. Now in a captivating series ofbiographical snapshots exploring the lives of famous authors and their pennames author Carmela Ciuraru delivers a unique literaryhistory and a penetrating examination of identity creativity andself-creation revisiting the enduring question--what's in a name?