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Pseudonym Dictionaries:

A Research Guide


The following is a selected list of pseudonym dictionaries held by the University of Delaware Library. For additional titles, search DELCAT using the subject heading "Anonyms and Pseudonyms."

Atkinson, Frank. Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English.
Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1977.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .A84 1977)
Carty, T.J. A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. 2nd ed.
New York: Mansell, 2000.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .C37x 2000)
Hawk, Pat. Hawk's Authors' Pseudonyms III : A Comprehensive Reference of Modern Authors' Pseudonyms.
Greenville, TX : Hawk's Enterprises, 1999.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .H39x 1999)
Marshall, Alice Kahler. Pen Names of Women Writers from 1600 to the Present: A Compendium of the Literary Identities of 2650 Women Novelists, Playwrights, Poets, Diarists, Journalists and Miscellaneous Writers, Fully Cross-Referenced.
Camp Hill, Pa.: Alice Marshall Collection, 1985.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .M34 1986)
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Pseudonyms. 3rd ed. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .R66 1998)
Sharp, Harold S. Handbook of Pseudonyms and Personal Nicknames.
Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1972.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1041 .S43)

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