Why do some authors use their pen names? That’s the question that most people have. Well, most authors don’t use their real names because people may think that it either sounds too girly or too boyish. Then that may not want to read the books due to the author's name. Authors use pen names for many others reasons such as to allow the authors freedom, flexibility, opportunity, fame or money. Authors may even use it for just making themselves laugh because of the name they used. They might even think that if the authors do use their real name then they might cause embarrassment to their family. But whatever their purpose is people still read their books and nobody knows the real them. Pen names could be used for the author’s freedom to do