The author, Xinran Xue, who uses the name Xinran as a nom de plume, is an old hand.

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Emma Larkin is the nom de plume of an American living in Bangkok who wrote an earlier book about George Orwell's links with the country.

ECONOMIST: A tale of catastrophe and compassion

Under his own name and his nom de plume, Mr. Handler has written more than two dozen books, including "A Series of Unfortunate Events, " about the misadventures of the orphaned Baudelaire children.

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Field's first big roll of the dice for shareholders is on Custom, the nom de plume of Duane Levold, a 6-foot-8 Canadian who was the subject of a noisy bidding war last summer between Field and DreamWorks.

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In addition to amassing own his unique and prodigious output, David was a devoted husband and champion of the pioneering scholarship of his wife of 53 years, Gisele Orebi, better known under her nom de plume, Bat Ye'or.

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