Show authors conceal identity through many methods authors wishing to conceal their identity have employed 31 different methods of signing their work says Coll colliers fers besides the word anonymous they have used for example real or false initials general terms like A lady or A traveler and fictitious names formed ormed by rearranging the letters of their own some of these methods are eveda evens named and listed in dictionaries one ona being the use of a masculine name by a woman as a pseudonym |