Dashboard

[Li]

Trying to set up my Dashboard. Problem, I am a professional historian who writes historical fiction and non fiction formal history-- thus use two different names..
Steven Leibo for non fiction
Li Bo for fiction
Given that I believe my historical fiction is obviously linked to my skills as a professional historian I would like to have a author profile that lists both. Amazon allows that but not sure if that is possible here on Goodreads. Can someone clarify? Thank you in advance.

[Jaclyn]

Hi Li. Unfortunately it's not currently possible to link one user profile on Goodreads to two author accounts. The workaround in this case would be to create two user accounts, each linked to a separate email address, and then to claim an author profile from each one. Someone on our side would then link the two via the author description field (e.g. Steven Lebo, who also writes fiction as Li Bo – or something to that effect). We could also add the secondary author name to each book record so all titles would display on both author pages.

Please keep in mind not to rate/review the same book on Goodreads from both accounts, or to rate/review one of Li Bo's books as Steven Leibo (or vice versa), as these actions are not permitted on the site.

[Jan]

Boy, I hope I never have to do that.