Undercover Author

This is a list of authors and their pseudonyms in alphabetical order:

Asimov, Isaac as Paul French, and George E. Dale

Bachman, Richard aka Stephen King
Bell, Currer aka Charlotte Bronte
Bronte, Charlotte as  Currer Bell
Burford, Eleanor aka Eleanor Hibbert

Cabot, Meg as Jenny Carroll and Patricia Cabot
Cabot, Patricia aka Meg Cabot
Carr, Philippa aka Eleanor Hibbert
Carroll, Jenny aka Meg Cabot
Christie, Agatha aka Mary Westmacott
Clemens, Samuel L. as Mark Twain
Craig, Alisa aka Charlotte MacLeod

Dale, George E. aka Isaac Asimov
Druse, Eleanor aka Stephen King

Evanovich, Janet as Steffie Hall

Ferris, Monica aka Mary Pulver Kuhfeld
Ford, Elbur aka Eleanor Hibbert
Frazer, Margaret aka Mary Pulver Kuhfeld
French, Paul aka Isaac Asimov

Hall, Steffie aka Janet Evanovich
Handler, Daniel as Lemony Snicket
Hibbert, Eleanor as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean Plaidy, Eleanor Burford, Ellalice Tate, Kathleen Kellow, Anne Percival, and Elbur Ford
Holt, Victoria aka Eleanor Hibbert
Hughes, Matilda aka Charlotte MacLeod

Kellow, Kathleen aka Eleanor Hibbert
King, Stephen as Richard Bachman, Eleanor Druse, and John Swithen
Kinsella, Sophie as Wickham, Madeleine
Kuhfeld, Mary Pulver as Margaret Frazer, Monica Ferris, and Mary Monica Pulver

MacLeod, Charlotte as Alisa Craig, and Matilda Hughes

Mertz, Barbara as Elizabeth Peters, and Barbara Michaels
Michaels, Barbara aka Barbara Mertz

Percival, Anne aka Eleanor Hibbert
Peters, Elizabeth aka Barbara Mertz
Plaidy, Jean aka Eleanor Hibbert
Pulver, Mary Monica aka Mary Pulver Kuhfeld

Rampling, Anne aka Anne Rice
Rice, Anne as Anne Rampling, A. N. Roquelaure
Robb, J. D. aka Nora Roberts
Roberts, Nora as J. D. Robb
Roquelaure, A. N. aka Anne Rice

Snicket, Lemony aka Daniel Handler
Swithen, John aka Stephen King

Tate, Ellalice aka Eleanor Hibbert
Twain, Mark aka Samuel L. Clemens

Westmacott, Mary aka Agatha Christie
Wickham, Madeleine aka Sophie Kinsella

Fiction and Non-Fiction Writers

A list of authors who write both fiction and non-fiction books. With an example of one fiction and one non-fiction book for each.

Armstrong, Sally
     Fiction: The nine lives of Charlotte Taylor : the first woman settler of the Miramichi
     Non-Fiction: Veiled threat : the women of Afghanistan

Asimov, Isaac
     Fiction: Pebble in the sky
     Non-Fiction: Cosmic debris: the asteroids

Bova, Ben
     Fiction: Laugh lines
     Non-Fiction: The story of light

Card, Orson Scott
     Fiction: The gate thief
     Non-Fiction: Characters & viewpoint

Chopra, Deepak
     Fiction: Soulmate
     Non-Fiction: God : a story of Revelation

Clancy, Tom
     Fiction: Splinter cell
     Non-Fiction: Marine : a guided tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit

Cornwell, Patricia
     Fiction: All that remains
     Non-Fiction: Ruth, a portrait : the story of Ruth Bell Graham

Cussler, Clive:
     Fiction: Zero hour
     Non-Fiction: The sea hunters II

Eco, Umberto
     Fiction: The Prague cemetery
     Non-Fiction: This is not the end of the book

Evans, Richard Paul
     Fiction: The letter
     Non-Fiction: The five lessons a millionaire taught me for women

Grisham, John
     Fiction: The chamber
     Non-Fiction: The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town

King, Stephen
     Fiction: The shining
     Non-Fiction: Storm of the century

Koontz, Dean
     Fiction: Odd hours
     Non-Fiction: Life is good! : lessons in joyful living

MacIntyre, Linden
     Fiction: The long stretch
     Non-Fiction: Who killed Ty Conn?

Mayle, Peter
     Fiction: A dog's life
     Non-Fiction: Encore Provence : new adventures in the south of France

Macomber, Debbie
     Fiction: Texas two-step
     Non-Fiction: The shop on Blossom Street

Oates, Joyce Carol 
     Fiction: Give me your heart : tales of mystery and suspense
     Non-Fiction: A widow's story : a memoir

Patterson, James
     Fiction: Thriller
     Non-Fiction: The murder of King Tut : the plot to kill the child king : a nonfiction thriller

Powning, Beth
     Fiction:The hatbox letters
     Non-Fiction: Shadow child : an apprenticeship in love and loss

Preston, Douglas J.
     Fiction: The codex
     Non-Fiction: Cities of gold : a journey across the American Southwest in Coronado's footsteps

Proulx, Anne
     Fiction: Brokeback mountain
     Non-Fiction: Bird Cloud : a memoir

Rankin, Ian
     Fiction: Beggars banquet
     Non-Fiction: Rebus's Scotland

Rice, Anne
     Fiction: The wolf gift
     Non-Fiction: Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession

Roald, Dahl
     Fiction: Ah, sweet mystery of Life
     Non-Fiction: Going solo

Scottoline, Lisa

     Fiction: Legal tender 

     Non-Fiction: Best friends, occasional enemies : the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter

Sedaris, David

     Fiction: Squirrel seeks chipmunk : a modest bestiary
     Non-Fiction: Naked

Shaara, Jeff

    Fiction: The rising tide

    Non-Fiction:  Jeff Shaara's Civil War battlefields

Shatner, William

     Fiction: The law of war
     Non-Fiction: I'm working on that : a trek from science fiction to science fact

Shields, Carol

     Fiction: The republic of love
     Non-Fiction: Jane Austen

Steinbeck, John
     Fiction: The Pearl
     Non-Fiction: Travels with Charley in search of America

Updike, John
     Fiction:Toward the end of time
     Non-Fiction: Golf dreams : writings on golf

Book Vending Machine Results

I walked towards the door of the Wooden Monkey excitement rising, I was finally going to achieve my new dream of using a book vending machine. I could see the shop keeper through the window but everything else was dim. I started to worry was it open? I walked closer I could see the sign now, it said closed. I felt the disappointment hit me, this was my last day in Ontario and the trip there was unpleasant enough it was going to be a long time before I came again. This was probably my only chance to get a book from a vending machine. I started to turn away, I saw a motion out of the corner of my eye. The shop keeper was beckoning me back, he was letting me in! The first thing that had actually gone right on my trip, I was in. I scanned the store spotted the book vending machine and put in my money. I am now the proud owner of Rifle and Caravan by James Barnes. I have absolutely no clue what it is about but someday I will read it and fingers crossed it will be awesome.  Either way I am glad I actually made it and totally recommend this store. They are nice, the books are cool, and better yet they have a vending machine full of books.


Vending machine video:

Covers That Made Me Stop And Take Notice

I'm back from my vacation and post number one is going to be all about the cover of a book I just read. It amuses and terrifies me all at once. I half expect the poor man to stumble and make himself a eunuch. That is just a misguided place to hold a sword. It's like when you watch the movies where people stick a gun down their pants. You keep waiting for them to shoot themselves in the ass or worse yet, for a man, shoot something that will also make them a eunuch. The story in this book is not too bad but looking at the cover I can't help but wonder which one of the characters is so fundamentally stupid to think that posing with a sword against your penis is a good idea. Worse yet he is obviously leaning back so his balance is suspect. I have to assume it's Captain Faolan because I can't even imagine it being Gar.

Library Christmas

First of all loving the book tree created by James Cook University Library. It is frankly awesome and now I wish I still had enough books to make myself one but since I don't I shall just have to admire theirs. It's a very nice touch to add in the ornaments in the cracks. I would love to do a whole 12 days of Christmas blog posts thing but since I am going on vacation and no one reads this I'm not going to. This might be my last post until after Christmas. I have learned a very valuable lesson though. Never ever go on vacation around Christmas unless you want your life to devolve into unending stress and panic. Also kiss any kind of budget goodbye because you have to get all your Christmas presents at once AND you are still going on vacation so financial solvency becomes a distant memory. Anyways Merry Christmas to my non-readers and I hope your tree is half as cool as this one.

Library Random Story

I love the randomness of libraries you never know what is going to happen or what people are thinking. I was checking in some returns the other day and there was a dollar taped to the side of the book and sure enough there was a fine on the book. It's so fun that they thought to pay their fine that way. Just like the people who tape the receipts for the items to their book so we know what was returned. What's really fun about it was this was a return from another library so this dollar was totally missed by the first person who checked it in. I can just imagine this poor person coming in a being like "why weren't my fines payed?, I already paid that fine." I also can imagine this becoming a thing, every time they have a late item they tape the money to a book and return it. Oh well it makes the job interesting which works for me.

Library Truth # 1

These library truths will be in no real order other than the order that they occur to me. Also any names if they are used will be totally fictional.

Library truth # 1 is that if you are shelving a truck of holds any person who comes looking for their holds will need to be exactly where you and your truck are. I swear there was one day that I was shelving in the As a Mrs. Aardvark needed her holds so I moved to the Ms to get out of her way and almost instantly there was a Mr. McDonald so I moved to the Zs only to be in Mr. Zebra's way. That all happened within 10 minutes. It happens every time you shelve a hold truck though usually not that intensively.