The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about fiction authors who adopt pseudonyms to overcome the computerized sales history of previous books. This is nothing new - for hundreds of years, authors have been using pen names for various reasons. Women authors in the late 1800s and early 1900s often chose to use a pen name because they felt they would not be taken seriously as women writers.

How well do you know your authors? Take our quiz and discover the authors behind the famous pen names. Simply choose the pen name from the drop-down list you think belongs to the real author name and click the submit button at the bottom of the page. Good Luck!

Silas Marner1. Mary Ann Evans

Aunt Jane's Nieces At Work6. Edith Van Dyne

Reflections & Dreams2. Nora Roberts

Christ the Lord7. Anne Rice

Gun Slinger3. Stephen King

Ten Apples on Top!8. Theodor Geisel

The Murder on the Links4. Agatha Christie

Coming Up For Air9. Eric Arthur Blair

The Hunting of the Snark5. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

The Bad Beginning10. Daniel Handler


Bestsellers

Top Ten Bestsellers on AbeBooks.com - June

  1. Big Russ and Me
    Tim Russert
  2. Wisdom of Our Fathers
    Tim Russert
  3. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
    Daniel Amen
  4. Dreams of My Father
    Barack Obama
  5. The Pillars Of The Earth
    Ken Follett
  6. The Red Car
    Don Stanford
  7. A New Earth
    Eckhart Tolle
  8. Three Cups of Tea
    Greg Mortenson
  9. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary and Menu Terms
    Rodney Dale
  10. Night
    Elie Wiesel