Pseudonymous women writers

The list Pseudonymous women writers includes Sylvia Plath, J.K. Rowling, Agatha Christie, Ayn Rand and Diablo Cody. The list consists of 1,181 members.

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Sylvia Plath

American poet and writer (1932–1963)

Overview: Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1932

Date of death: 11 February 1963

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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1963 suicides 28T

American women writers who committed suicide 22T

People from Jamaica Plain 93T
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J.K. Rowling

English author of the Harry Potter series

Overview: Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, FRSL ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist ...

Date of birth: 31 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Neil Murray (Married)

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20th-century English women writers 690T

21st-century English women writers 392T

People from Yate 8T
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Agatha Christie

English author

Overview: Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1890

Date of death: 12 January 1976

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British women historical novelists 1T

British women mystery writers 116T

British ghost story writers 73T
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Jazz Jennings

American internet personality

Overview: Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be ...

Date of birth: 6 October 2000

Age: 24

Nationality: American

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American female YouTubers 1T

21st-century pseudonymous writers 455T

21st-century LGBT people 3,420T
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Samira Khashoggi

Saudi author and journalist (1935–1986)

Overview: Samira Khashoggi (or Kashoggi) (1935 – March 1986) was a Saudi Arabian progressive author, as well as the owner and editor-in chief of Alsharkiah magazine. She was the sister of Saudi businessman Adnan ...

Date of birth: 1935

Date of death: March 1986

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: Saudi Arabian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Saudi Arabian women journalists 5T

20th-century Saudi Arabian women writers 5T

El Fayed family 3T
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Jenna Black

American writer

Overview: Jennifer Black is an American author of paranormal romance novels, urban fantasy, and young adult fantasy novels. She began writing under the pen name Jenna Black in 2006. She published one novel earlier ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1993

Age: 31

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Tyler Joseph (Married)

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21st-century pseudonymous writers 522T

Novelists from North Carolina 124T

21st-century American women writers 7,170T
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Ayn Rand

Russian-born American author and philosopher (1905–1982)

Overview: Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The ...

Date of birth: 2 February 1905

Date of death: 6 March 1982

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Heart failure deaths in New York (state) 6T

Jewish American atheists 143T

20th-century pseudonymous writers 1,045T
8.

Margaret Mitchell

American, Author

Overview: Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1900

Date of death: 16 August 1949

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 10" (147 cm)

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American women historical novelists 202T

American women romantic fiction writers 362T

Neo-Confederates 94T
9.

Diablo Cody

Screenwriter and author

Overview: Brook Maurio (born June 14, 1978), known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer, producer, and author. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Dan Maurio (Married)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T
10.

Juju C.

American novelist

Overview: Juliette "Juju" Castaneda (born March 21, 1981), also known by her nickname Juju C. or by her pen name Juliet C., is an American media personality, author, actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Novelists from New York City 348T

21st-century pseudonymous writers 518T

Businesspeople from Brooklyn 206T
11.

bell hooks

American author and activist (1952–2021)

Overview: Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is borrowed ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1952

Date of death: 15 December 2021

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Sociologist

Gender: Female

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American socialist feminists 110T

21st-century pseudonymous writers 421T

20th-century pseudonymous writers 906T
12.

Patricia Highsmith

American, Novelist

Overview: Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1921

Date of death: 4 February 1995

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Writers from Greenwich Village 46T

Writers from Fort Worth, Texas 36T

Yaddo alumni 49T
13.

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist (1832–1888)

Overview: Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1832

Date of death: 6 March 1888

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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Writers from Dedham, Massachusetts 13T

A Woman of the Century 883T

Novelists from Pennsylvania 345T
14.

Barbara Cartland

British writer

Overview: Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, DStJ (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English novelist who wrote romance novels, one of the best-selling authors as well as one of the most prolific and ...

Date of birth: 9 July 1901

Date of death: 21 May 2000

Age: 98 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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British women romantic fiction writers 141T

English glider pilots 18T

McCorquodale family 6T
15.

George Sand

French novelist and memoirist

Overview: Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand was a French novelist, memoirist, and Socialist. One of the more popular writers in Europe in her lifetime ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1804

Date of death: 8 June 1876

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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19th-century letter writers 30T

19th-century French women writers 109T

19th-century French composers 316T
16.

Charlotte Brontë

English novelist and poet (1816–1855)

Overview: Charlotte Brontë (, ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1816

Date of death: 31 March 1855

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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19th-century pseudonymous writers 511T

19th-century English women writers 426T

19th-century British women writers 680T
17.

Vita Sackville-West

English writer and gardener

Overview: Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.

Date of birth: 9 March 1892

Date of death: 2 June 1962

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Designer

Gender: Female

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Female-to-male cross-dressers 39T

LGBT poets 504T

English women poets 501T
18.

Nora Roberts

Romance novelist

Overview: Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series and has also written under the p ...

Date of birth: 10 October 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Bruce Wilder (Married)

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Novelists from Maryland 113T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T

20th-century American women writers 5,363T
19.

Anne Rice

American author (1941–2021)

Overview: Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature. She is best known for her series ...

Date of birth: 4 October 1941

Date of death: 11 December 2021

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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21st-century pseudonymous writers 421T

20th-century pseudonymous writers 906T

2021 deaths 9,355T
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Anmol Malik

Indian singer

Overview: Anmol Malik, also known by her pen name Audrey Piano, is an Indian author, singer, lyricist and composer who works in the Bollywood music industry. She is the daughter of singer Anu Malik.

Date of birth: 5 February 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women musicians from Maharashtra 77T

21st-century Indian women singers 346T

Indian female singer-songwriters 39T