From Eric Blair to George Orwell or Charles Dodgson to Lewis Carroll, a lot of authors change their name for different reasons, it can be family, gender, or to publish more work, but one of the main reasons is because of gender. In Source 1 it says “Likewise, many female authors have had to conceal their gender in order to overcome discrimination”. J.K Rowling, now that’s a name that most of us know, J.K Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, however her real name is Joanne Rowling. The reason why she created a pen name is because people wouldn’t take it seriously if they knew it was written by a woman (source 1). Source 1 also talks about how she got so famous she made another pen name (Robert Galbraith). Another writer that changed