Authors writing under multiple names

[❂ Murder by Death]

I have just changed a book record (50% Off Murder) to reflect the correct author as it appears on the cover. Josie Belle is the pseudonym for Jenn McKinlay.

This, of course, creates a new author profile for Josie Belle. Is there a way to link author profiles so that the author isn't having to maintain two (or three) profile pages? Thanks for the assist.

[Kim]

Each pseudonym will have it's own author profile page. I've updated the pseudonym page to reflect that.

[❂ Murder by Death]

Ahh, I see how you did that. Thanks! I'll know for next time. :)

[Betsy]

I noticed in for 50% Off Murder on the pseudonym page, both author names are shown. Is that standard?

I noticed once for another author (Mary Jo Putney, who writes YA as M.J. Putney) that that was done with some editions of some of her books. The problem was that it apparently caused different entries for the same book that only had one author name listed to be treated as a different book.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

As long as the same name is in the primary author slot for all editions, they can be combined into a single work.

[Kim]

Yep, on pseudonym books both author names can be added. It helps people find all books by an author.

Here is the Librarian manual information: "Regarding author pseudonyms or pen names - some authors write or have written under multiple names. When editing or adding information for a book written by an author with multiple names, enter the author's name as on the front cover as the primary author. The author's other names may be added in the other author fields.

Original name or other pen names can added and linked via a Librarian Note: in the description field, or using the Librarian Note feature located above the Title field.

In some cases, a book may be originally published under a pen name, but then later reissued under the author's original name. When this happens, the author listed for any and all editions should be the author name the book was originally published under - so the reissued edition would need its author name changed to the originally published pen name. Doing this will allow the various editions to be combined."

[❂ Murder by Death]

Oh, in light of what you did for me on the Josie Belle page, this paragraph makes *much* more sense to me:

Original name or other pen names can added and linked via a Librarian Note: in the description field, or using the Librarian Note feature located above the Title field.

I had put the note in the "Librarian Note" field as directed but then sort of stressed myself when I realised it created another profile with no link to the real author profile. Using the description field, as Kim did, makes more sense, as that is visible to anyone pulling up the pseudonym's profile page.