Pen Names

Not wanting to pigeon hole myself in one genre, having more than one pen name appealed to me, as I didn't want to use one name all the way through my books.

Having written women's fiction, paranormal books and real life stories, I didn't want to confuse the reader (when I publish them) if they get used to just reading my women's fiction books.


The difficulties I found that would arise from having numerous pen names were the face to face advertising, for example, book signing events.


Although, many people would understand my point of view, many would believe it was dishonest and maybe they would have less confidence in the authors work.


Pen names, to me, are not to deceive the reader, as it has been happening for years, but I feel it is to show that a writer doesn't have to be one dimensional and can delve into other genres but using a pen name maybe easier to get the author into other genres without the reader prejudging them on their name.