Un gran número de autores optan por usar iniciales en su nombre cuando este aparece en sus obras literarias. Esto incluye a algunos de los autores más famosos del siglo XX —DH Lawrence , JD Salinger , TS Eliot , JRR Tolkien , etc.— y también a muchos escritores menos conocidos.
A continuación se enumeran las iniciales más conocidas y sus nombres completos correspondientes.
A
- AA Milne – Alan Alexander Milne
- AB "Banjo" Paterson – Andrew Barton Paterson
- AB Guthrie – Alfred Bertram Guthrie
- AC Benson – Arthur Christopher Benson
- ACQW – Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston
- AC Waldron – Adelaide Cilley Waldron
- AC de la Mare – Albinia Catherine de la Mare
- AD Hope – Alec Derwent Hope
- AD Miller – Andrew D Miller
- AE – seudónimo de George William Russell
- AE Coppard – Alfred Edgar Coppard
- AE Holt White – Agnes Edith Holt White
- AE Housman – Alfred Edward Housman
- AE Levett – Ada Elizabeth Levett
- AE Stallings – Alicia Elsbeth Stallings
- AEW Mason – Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
- A. Flowerdew – Alice Flowerdew
- AJ Alan – seudónimo de Leslie Harrison Lambert
- AJ Ayer – Alfred Jules Ayer
- AJ Cronin – Archibald Joseph Cronin
- AJ Liebling - Abbott Joseph Liebling
- AJP Taylor – Alan John Percivale Taylor
- AKM Adam – Andrew Keith Malcolm Adam
- AL Barker – Audrey Lilian Barker
- AL Kennedy – Alison Louise Kennedy
- AL Rowse – Alfred Leslie Rowse
- AM Homes – Amy M. Homes
- AM Jenkins – Amanda McRaney Jenkins
- AMW Stirling – Anna Marie Wilhelmina Stirling
- AN Wilson – Andrew Norman Wilson
- AO Scott – Anthony Oliver Scott
- ARL – Anne Richelieu Lamb
- AR Morlan – Arlette Renée Morlan
- AS Byatt – Antonia Susan Byatt
- ASJ Tessimond – Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
- AS King – Amy Sarig King
- AS Neill – Alexander Sutherland Neill
- AV Christie – Ann Victoria Christie
- AW Kinglake – Alexander William Kinglake
- Abbie CB Robinson – Abbie Colburn Ballou Robinson
- Ada LF Snell – Ada Laura Fonda Snell
- Addie CS Engle – Addie Clarissa Strong Engle
- Alice BS Turner – Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner
- Alice DG Miller – Alice Dorothea Georgianna Miller
- Annie MG Schmidt – Annie María Geertruida Schmidt
- Arthur C. Clarke – Arthur Charles Clarke
B
- B. Beaumont – Betty Beaumont
- BA Stearns – Betsey Ann Stearns
- BF Skinner – Burrhus Frederic Skinner
- BM Bower – Bertha Muzzy Sinclair
- BM Wilson – Bertha May Wilson
- BS Johnson – Bryan Stanley Johnson
do
- CAConrad
- CA Lejeune – Caroline Alice Lejeune
- CHB Kitchin – Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin
- CH Stranahan – Clara Harrison Stranahan
- CJ Cherryh – Carolyn Janice Cherry
- CJ Sansom – Christopher John Sansom
- CLR James – Cyril Lionel Robert James
- CL Moore – Catherine Lucille Moore
- CM Ridding – Caroline Mary Ridding
- CM Sawyer – Caroline Mehitable Sawyer
- CP Cavafis – Constantino Petrou Cavafis
- CP Snow – Charles Percy Snow
- CS Calverley – Charles Stuart Calverley
- Ingeniero forestal de CS – Cecil Scott Ingeniero forestal
- C.S. Lewis – Clive Staples Lewis
- CC Hunter – seudónimo de Christie Craig
- CV Wedgwood – Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
- Catharine HT Avery – Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery
- Celeste MA Winslow – Celeste Mary Augusta Winslow
- Corelli CW Simpson – Corelli Caswell Williams Simpson
- Cornelia JM Jordan – Cornelia Jane Matthews Jordan
D
- DBC Pierre – Pierre sucio pero limpio
- DA McGuire – Diane Andrews McGuire
- DA Powell – Douglas A. Powell
- DC Fontana – Dorothy Catherine Fontana
- DC Moore – David Moore
- DE Stevenson – Dorothy Emily Stevenson
- DGK Goldberg – Diane Gail Kelly Goldberg
- DH Lawrence – David Herbert Lawrence
- DJ Enright – Dennis Joseph Enright
- DJ Taylor – David John Taylor
- DK Broster - Dorothy Kathleen Broster
- DM Thomas – Donald Michael Thomas
mi
- E. Annie Proulx – Edna Annie Proulx
- EBC – Essie Blythe Cheesborough
- EBC Jones – Emily Beatrix Coursolles Jones
- EB White – Elwyn Brooks White
- ECR Lorac – Edith Caroline Rivett Lorac (seudónimo)
- ED Baker – Elizabeth Dawson Baker
- EDEN Southworth – Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- EE Brown – Emma Elizabeth Brown
- EE Cowper – Edith Elise Cowper
- EE Cummings – Edward Estlin Cummings
- EE Smith – Edward Elmer Smith
- EF Benson – Edward Frederic Benson
- EGA – Emily Gillmore Alden
- EH Carr – Edward Hallett Carr
- EH Young – Emily Hilda Young
- EJ Eames – Elizabeth Jessup Eames
- EJ Miller Laino – Eleanor Jane Miller Laino
- EJ Richmond – Euphemia Johnson Richmond
- E.J. Scovell – Edith Joy Scovell
- EL Benedict – Emma Lee Benedict
- EL Dorsey - Ella Loraine Dorsey
- EL Doctorow – Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
- EL James – seudónimo de Erika Leonard
- EL Konigsburg – Elaine Lobl Konigsburg
- ELS – Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan
- E. Lockhart – seudónimo de Emily Jenkins
- EM Broner – Esther Masserman Broner
- EM Delafield - Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (seudónimo)
- E.M. Forster – Edward Morgan Forster
- EM Granger Bennett – Ethel Mary Granger Bennett
- EM Hull – Edith Maud Hull
- E. Nesbit – Edith Nesbit
- ER Braithwaite – Edward Ricardo Braithwaite
- ESL Thompson – Elizabeth Shepherd Lamb Thompson
- ES Drower – Ethel Stefana Drower
- ES Elliott – Elizabeth Steele Elliott
- ETA Hoffmann – Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
- EV Baxter – Evelyn Vida Baxter
- EV Sheridan – Emma Viola Sheridan
- E. Vale Blake – Euphemia Vale Blake
- EW Swanton – Ernest William Swanton
- Edward P. Jones – Edward Paul Jones
- Mármol Ella MS – Mármol Ella Marie Smith
- Elizabeth AR Brown – Elizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown
- Emma FR Campbell – Emma Frances Riggs Campbell
- Estelle MH Merrill – Estelle Minerva Hatch Merrill
- Ernest J. Gaines – Ernest James Gaines
F
- F. Burge Griswold – Frances Burge Griswold
- FC Burnand – Francis Cowley Burnand
- FE Fryatt – Frances Elizabeth Fryatt
- FE Mills Young – Florence Ethel Mills Young
- FO Matthiessen – Francis Otto Matthiessen
- FR Leavis – Frank Raymond Leavis
- F. Scott Fitzgerald – Francis Scott Fitzgerald
GRAMO
- GB Edwards – Gerald Basil Edwards
- GB Shaw – George Bernard Shaw
- GDH Cole – George Douglas Howard Cole
- GE Trevelyan – Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan
- GK Chesterton – Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- GM Trevelyan – George Macaulay Trevelyan
- George RR Martin – George Raymond Richard Martin
H
- HA Rey – Hans Augusto Rey
- HAR Gibb – Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb
- HB Goodwin – Hannah Bradbury Goodwin
- HC Cradock – Sra. Henry Cowper Cradock
- HD – Hilda Doolittle
- HD Everett – Henrietta Dorothy Everett
- HE Bates – Herbert Ernest Bates
- HEG Arey – Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey
- HEP – Harriet Eudora Pritchard
- HG Wells – Herbert George Wells
- HH Munro – Hector Hugh Munro (seudónimo: Saki)
- HJ Massingham – Harold John Massingham
- HL Oro – Horace Leonard Oro
- HL Mencken – Henry Louis Mencken
- Su Majestad – Ana María Jorge
- HM Hoover – Helen Mary Hoover
- HMM – Helen (M.) Merrill Egerton
- HM Tomlinson – Henry Major Tomlinson
- HNK Goff – Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff
- HP Lovecraft – Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- HRF Keating – Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
- HS – Henrietta Skelton
- Hunter S. Thompson – Hunter Stockton Thompson
- HTC – Helen Taggart Clark
I
- IA Richards – Ivor Armstrong Richards
- IAR Wylie – Ida Alexa Ross Wylie
- Iain M. Banks – Iain Menzies Banks
- Piedra IF – Piedra Isidor Feinstein
- IME Blandin – Isabella Margaret Elizabeth Blandin
- I. McC. Wilson – Ibbie McColm Wilson
J
- J. Meade Falkner – John Meade Falkner
- J.A. Jance – Judith Ann Jance
- J.A. Lawrence – Judith Ann Lawrence
- JB Priestley – John Boynton Priestley
- JC Bateham – Josephine Cushman Bateham
- JD Beresford – John Davys Beresford
- JD Robb – Nora Roberts
- JD Salinger – Jerome David Salinger
- JE Franklin – Jennie Elizabeth Franklin
- JE Macdonnell – James Edmond Macdonnell
- JE McConaughy – Julia Eliza McConaughy
- Jerome K. Jerome – Jerome Klapka Jerome
- JF O'Donnell – Jessie Fremont O'Donnell
- JF Powers – James Farl Powers
- JG Ballard – James Graham Ballard
- JG Farrell – James Gordon Farrell
- JH Prynne - Jeremy Halvard Prynne
- JH Plumb – John Harold Plumb
- JIM Stewart – John Innes Mackintosh Stewart
- JK Rowling – Joanne Rowling (La K honra a su abuela Kathleen , pero no forma parte de su nombre legal).
- JL Carr – Joseph Lloyd Carr
- JM Barrie – James Matthew Barrie
- JM Coetzee – John Maxwell Coetzee
- JM Synge – John Millington Synge
- JM Winton – Jeneverah María Winton
- John D. MacDonald – John Dann MacDonald
- JP Dabney – Julia Parker Dabney
- JP Donleavy – James Patrick Donleavy
- J.R. Ackerley – Joe Randolph Ackerley
- JRR Tolkien – John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
- JT – Jeanette Threlfall
- James A. Michener – James Albert Michener
- James M. Caín – James Mallahan Caín
- James T. Farrell – James Thomas Farrell
- Jane TH Cross – Jane Tandy Hardin Cross
- Janice YK Lee – Janice Yoon-kyung Lee
- Jennifer SH Brown – Jennifer Stacey Harcourt Brown
- Julia CR Dorr – Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr
K
- KA Applegate – Katherine Alice Applegate
- KD Miller – Kathleen Daisy Miller
- KD Wentworth – Kathy Diane Wentworth
- KJ Bishop – Kirsten Jane Bishop
- KK Beck – Kathrine Kristine Beck
- KS Brooks – Kathryn Salina Brooks
- KV Johansen – Krista Victoria Johansen
L
- L. – Lois Bryan Adams
- LAG Strong – Leonard Alfred George Strong
- LC Hayden – Elsie Hayden
- L. Frank Baum – Lyman Frank Baum
- LH Myers – Leopold Hamilton Myers
- LJ Smith – Lisa Jane Smith
- LM Montgomery - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- LP Hartley – Leslie Poles Hartley
- LR Wright – Laurali Rose Wright
- L. Ron Hubbard – Ronald Hubbard de Lafayette
- L. Sprague de Camp – Lyon Sprague de Camp
- LM Elliott – Laura Malone Elliott
- Laura CS Dayton – Laura Canfield Spencer Dayton
- Caso Luella JB – Caso Luella Juliette Bartlett
METRO
- MAC Farrant – Marion Alice Coburn Farrant
- MA Griffiths – Margaret Ann Griffiths
- MB Goffstein – Marilyn Brooke Goffstein
- MBM Toland – Mary Bertha McKenzie Toland
- MC Richards – Mary Caroline Richards
- ME Atkinson – Mary Evelyn Atkinson
- ME Banta – Melissa Elizabeth Banta
- ME Beauchamp – María Elizabeth Beauchamp
- MEC Bates – Martha Elizabeth Cram Bates
- MEL – María Elizabeth Lee
- MEM Davis – Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis
- ME Moragne – Mary Elizabeth Moragne Davis
- M. EW – Marion E. Warner
- MEW Sherwood – Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood
- ME Willson – Mary Elizabeth Willson
- MFK Fisher – Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
- MG Harris – María Guadalupe Harris
- MJ Akbar – Mobashar Jawed Akbar
- MJ Engh – Mary Jane Engh
- MJ Hyland – Maria Joan Hyland
- MM Kaye – María Margarita Kaye
- MM Norton – Morilla María Norton
- M.Night Shyamalan – Manoj Shyamalan
- Sr. James – Montague Rhodes James
- MT Dohaney – Myrtis Theresa Dohaney
- M. Wintermute – Martha Wintermute
- Margaret MH Finch – Margaret Maddox Hammond Finch
- Mary C. Billings – Mary Charlotte Billings
- Mary CF Hall-Wood – Mary Camilla Foster Hall-Wood
- Mary EC Bancker – Mary Elizabeth Cradinger Bancker
- María LF Ormsby – María Luisa Frost Ormsby
- María LG Carus-Wilson – María Luisa Georgina Carus-Wilson
- Mary RT McAboy – Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy
- Mary SB Shindler – Mary Stanley Bunce Shindler
- Mary VR Thayer – Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer
- Sra. I. Lowenberg – Sra. Isidor Lowenberg
- Sra. BC Rude – Sra. Benton Clark Rude
norte
- N. Scott Momaday – Navarre Scott Momaday
- NF Simpson – Norman Frederick Simpson
- NK Jemisin – Nora Keita Jemisin
- NM Kelby – Nicole Mary Kelby
- Naomi ES Griffiths – Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus Griffiths
- Neil M. Gunn – Neil Miller Gunn
O
- OE Rølvaag – Ole Edvart Rølvaag
- O. Henry – seudónimo de William Sydney Porter
- O. Douglas – seudónimo de Anna Masterton Buchan
- OO McIntyre – Oscar Odd McIntyre
PAG
- PB Shelley – Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Elenco de PC - Elenco de Phyllis Christine
- PC Hodgell - Patricia Christine Hodgell
- PC Wren – Percival Christopher Wren
- PD Cacek – Patricia Diana Cacek
- PD James – Phyllis Dorothy James
- PD Eastman – Philip Dey "Phil" Eastman
- PG Wodehouse – Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- PH Newby – Percy Howard Newby
- PJ Cowan – Pricilla Jean Cowan
- PJ O'Rourke – Patrick Jake O'Rourke
- PK Page – Patricia Kathleen Page
- PL Travers - Pamela Lyndon Travers
- Primer Ministro Carlson – Patricia McElroy Carlson
- PN Elrod – Patricia Nead Elrod
- PN Furbank – Philip Nicholas Furbank
- Pearl S. Buck – Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
- Philip K. Dick – Philip Kindred Dick
- Poppy Z. Brite – seudónimo de Melissa Ann Brite
Q
- Q – seudónimo de Arthur Quiller-Couch
R
- R. Crumb – Robert Dennis Crumb
- RA Lafferty – Rafael Aloysius Lafferty
- RA MacAvoy - Roberta Ann MacAvoy
- RA Salvatore – Robert Anthony Salvatore
- RC Hutchinson – Ray Coryton Hutchinson
- RC Lehmann – Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
- RC Robertson-Glasgow – Raymond Charles Robertson-Glasgow
- RC Sherriff – Robert Cedric Sherriff
- RD Blackmore – Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- RE Vernède – Robert Ernest Vernède
- RG Collingwood – Robin George Collingwood
- RH Mottram – Ralph Hale Mottram
- RH Tawney – Richard Henry Tawney
- RJ Palacio – Raquel Jaramillo Palacio
- RJ Yeatman – Robert Julian Yeatman
- RK Narayan - Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (nombre original)
- RK Walker – Rosa Kershaw Walker
- Robert A. Heinlein – Robert Anson Heinlein
- Robert B. Parker – Robert Brown Parker
- Robert C. O'Brien – seudónimo de Robert Leslie Conly
- RL Stevenson – Robert Louis Stevenson
- RL Stine – Robert Lawrence Stine
- RM Ballantyne – Robert Michael Ballantyne
- RR Palmer – Robert Roswell Palmer
- RS Thomas – Ronald Stuart Thomas
S
- SC Megale – Shea Coline Megale
- SD Chrostowska – Sylwia Dominika Chrostowska
- SD Perry – Stephani Danelle Perry
- SE Hinton – Susan Eloise Hinton
- SE Lister – Sophie Elizabeth Lister
- SJ Rozan – Shira Judith Rozan
- SL Twiggs – Sarah Lowe Twiggs
- SMI Henry – Sarepta Myrenda Henry irlandés
- SM Perkins – Sarah Maria Perkins
- SO Johnson – Sophia Orne Johnson
- SP Somtow – Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul
- ST Joshi – Sunand Tryambak Joshi
- SY Agnon – Shmuel Yosef Agnon
- Sarah JC Whittlesey – Sarah Johnson Cogswell Whittlesey
- Susanna MD Fry – Susanna Margaret Davidson Fry
T
- T. Coraghessan Boyle – Thomas Coraghessan Boyle
- T. Gertler – Trudy Gertler
- TB Macaulay – Thomas Babington Macaulay
- TE Hulme – Thomas Ernest Hulme
- T. E. Lawrence – Thomas Edward Lawrence
- TH Green – Thomas Hill Green
- TH White – Terence Hanbury White
- TJ Binyon - Timothy John Binyon
- TJ MacGregor – Patricia Janeshutz MacGregor
- TS Eliot – Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Thomas M. Disch – Thomas Michael Disch
U
- UA Fanthorpe - Ursula Askham Fanthorpe
- Ursula K. Le Guin o (una vez) Reino Unido Le Guin – Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
V
- Vicepresidenta Andrews – Cleo Virginia Andrews
- VS Naipaul – Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
- VS Pritchett – Victor Sawdon Pritchett
W
- WB Yeats – William Butler Yeats
- WC Sellar – Walter Carruthers Sellar
- WD Ehrhart – William Daniel Ehrhart
- WEB Du Bois – William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
- W.E. Henley – William Ernest Henley
- WG Sebald – Winfried Georg Sebald
- WH Auden – Wystan Hugh Auden
- WH Davies – William Henry Davies
- WS Gilbert – William Schwenck Gilbert
- WS Graham – William Sydney Graham
- WS Merwin – William Stanley Merwin
- W. Somerset Maugham – William Somerset Maugham
- William T. Vollmann – William Tanner Vollmann
- Winston S. Churchill – Winston Spencer Churchill
Y
- YLE – Mary Whitwell Hal ( las letras finales de su nombre )
Z
- Empaquetador ZZ – Empaquetador Zuwena (la segunda Z es decorativa)
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