Ellen Douglas (Josephine Haxton)
Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an United States, American author. Her 1973 novel ''Apostles of Light'' was a National Book Award nominee. Biography Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and grew up in Hope, Arkansas, and Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942 and later settled in Greenville, Mississippi with her husband Kenneth Haxton.Associated Press (June 9, 2008)"Author Ellen Douglas to be honored" ''USA Today'' She had three sons with Haxton: Richard, Ayres, and Brooks Haxton, the latter a notable, award-winning poet and writer. Douglas taught writing at University of Mississippi, Ole' Miss, where she was writer-in-residence from 1979 to 1983. One of her creative writing students was Larry Brown (writer), Larry Brown, a local Oxford firefighter who went on to publish many acclaimed works of fiction. She adopted the pen name Ellen Douglas before the publication ...
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Pen Name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to merge multiple persons into a single identifiable author, or for any of several reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's real identity may be known only to the publisher or may become common knowledge. In some cases, such as those of Elena Ferrante and Torsten Krol, a pen name may preserve an author's long-term anonymity. Etymology ''Pen name'' is formed by joining pen with name. Its earliest use in English is in the 1860s, in the writings of Bayard Taylor. The French-language phrase is used as a synonym for "pen name" ( means 'pen') ...
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