>It was very very common for female writers to publish under a male pen name at this time because that was what it took to sell. In these enlightened modern ti

>It was very very common for female writers to publish under a male pen name at this time because that was what it took to sell. In these enlightened modern times it is now often sufficient for her merely to use her initials, to obscure her shameful female nature. A famous example: J. K. Rowling.