6 Female Authors With Male Pen Names

2. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin

George Sand is a well-known name in the literary world. The woman behind this name, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was born in Paris in 1804. She published her first novel Indiana in 1832 under the name George Sand, after what she continued to use the same pen name. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was known for wearing men’s clothes during a time when a woman was not supposed to do so, and she smoked tobacco as well. She is known for novels, memoirs, as well as literary criticism.

6 Female Authors With Male Pen Names

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