Who Is Your Altar Ego?

We are all familiar with famous writers who also write under a pen name.  Stephen King writes as Richard Bachman, J.K. Rowling has written under the pen name Robert Galbraith and Nora Roberts has her “In Death” series written under the name JD Robb.  Even Agatha Christie who is credited with 66 detective novels and 15 short story collections is known to have written romance novels under the name Mary Westmacott. 

Using a pen name is not limited to writers.  Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote letters to newspapers under the pseudonym Publius and Benjamin Franklin took on the alias Mrs. Silence Dogood.  

Stacey Abrams has been at the forefront of Georgia politics recently and has a promising future in national politics.  She has written several books including a Supreme Court thriller titled “While Justice Sleeps” which is due to be released on May 11th.  But did you know that she has also written romance novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery? 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-06/georgia-elections-stacey-abrams-new-book-release 

https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/selena-montgomery