Author Using Multiple Similar Names

[Jukka]

I'm learning, so here's the issue. The author 'Geoffrey Fraser Dutton' has published eight plus books under at least four different variations of his name.

These books are published under 'G.J.F. Dutton':
The Ridiculous Mountains (1997) (mountaineering)
Nothing So Simple as Climbing (1997) (mountaineering)

These books are published under 'G.F. Dutton':
Camp One (1977) (poetry)
Squaring the Waves (1986) (poetry)
The Concrete Garden (1991)(poetry)
Harvesting the Edge (1995) (horticulture and poetry)
The Bare Abundance: Selected Poems 1975—2001 (2002) (poetry)

These books are published under 'Geoffrey Fraser Dutton':
Swimming Free: On or Below the Surface of River, Lake and Sea (1972) (swimming)

These books are published under 'Geoffrey Dutton':
A Branch Against The Sky (1997) (horticulture)

His complete name is 'Geoffrey John Fraser Dutton' but to my knowledge he published no books under this name.

What i am wanting to do is to have two author names listed for each book (where necessary), first the name used on the book cover and then secondly 'Geoffrey Fraser Dutton' to group them all together. Any comments on this plan?

The additional issue is that there is another author published under the name Geoffrey Dutton.

For an author's biography there is an obituary in the Lancet (he was also a renown scientifically published biochemist) that would serve as a good source of information. The obituary is a reference that list his books. I am wondering about the photograph there, reluctant because of copyright infringement and ownership. What name is best to use on the biography?

Thanks,
-Jukka

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Jukka wrote: "What i am wanting to do is to have two author names listed for each book (where necessary), first the name used on the book cover and then secondly 'Geoffrey Fraser Dutton' to group them all together. Any comments on this plan?"

That sounds reasonable.


I'd use the full (all four names) name for the bio, and list it on each profile, plus links to the other profiles.

You cannot use the photo from the obit without permission.

[Teressa]

I wanted to combine two entries of the book The Tenth Month by Laura Z. Hobson but could not because one entry had the author listed as Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson (which is her full name) and the other has the author listed as Laura Z. Hobson (which is the name she published under).

http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...

[Gerd]

If in doubt, usually the name on the cover takes precedence so I'd change the "Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson" profil to her publishing name, you can always add her full name to her profile if isn't in there, and then combine the books.

[Melody]

Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson is how she is listed in WorldCat