I've documented here before [2]my fangirl adoration of Jayne Ann Krentz. The one time I managed to meet her in person I gibbered with all of the sophistication of Porky Pig. What's unusual for me about this author is that I enjoy all of her different romance genre explorations equally, whether it's the science fiction Jayne Castle [3] books, the historical Amanda Quick [4] books, or the contemporary Jayne Ann Krentz [5] titles. I would imagine that authors use different pen names to manage reader expectations with different types of books, so I wonder what usually ends up being stronger -- the appeal of the author's style or the appeal of the type of plot or setting?
Here are some other authors you might know by different names. Do you enjoy their books equally, no matter what the name is on the cover?
Elizabeth Lowell [6] (Ann Maxwell [7] or A.E. Maxwell [8]) Shelly Laurenston [9] (G.A. Aiken [10])
Marion Chesney [11] (M.C. Beaton [12] or Jennie Tremaine [13]) J.R. Ward [14] (Jessica Bird [15])
Victoria Holt [16] (Philippa Carr [17]or Jean Plaidy [18]) Nora Roberts [19] (J.D. Robb [20])
Jennifer Ashley [21] (Allyson James [22] or Laurien Gardner) [23] Sherrilyn Kenyon [24] (Kinley MacGregor [25])
- pseudonyms [26]
- Romance [27]
