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#8: A book published under a pseudonym.
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Brenda wrote: "This is perfect... I had to put down Tea is so Intoxicating recently so I’ll read it for this challenge. It’s written by Mary Essex aka Ursula Bloom."
You can maybe nominate it for our April read.
You can maybe nominate it for our April read.

Brenda wrote: "Tracey, I’m just worried how accessible it would be. It’s a British Library Women Writers rerelease. Looking on Amazon, that’s the only listing and I don’t find one copy in an inter library search."
That is something to consider. Maybe another book by Ursula Bloom as I know Dean Street Press is reprinting her works.
That is something to consider. Maybe another book by Ursula Bloom as I know Dean Street Press is reprinting her works.
Brenda wrote: "This is perfect... I had to put down Tea is so Intoxicating recently so I’ll read it for this challenge. It’s written by Mary Essex aka Ursula Bloom."
That was the one I thought of.
That was the one I thought of.
The other one I was trying to remember the name of is To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita Laski. I think the character was based on someone she knew, so she published under a pseudonym.
Agatha Christie published some books under the name Mary Westmacott. I might nominate one of those.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
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Books mentioned in this topic
To Bed With Grand Music (other topics)Tea Is So Intoxicating (other topics)
Tea Is So Intoxicating (other topics)
Tea Is So Intoxicating (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Marghanita Laski (other topics)Mary Essex (other topics)
Ursula Bloom (other topics)
Mary Essex (other topics)
Ursula Bloom (other topics)
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Some notable authors are:
The Bronte sisters
George Eliot
George Sand
Josephine Tey
Jean Plaidy.
Karen Blixen
And others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...