What literary genre did Agatha Christie secretly write in under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?

Literature

Which crime novelist secretly wrote romance novels under the pen name Mary Westmacott?

Agatha Christie's pen name Mary Westmacott fooled critics for years; even her publisher didn't initially know they were the same person.

Literature

Nora Roberts writes her futuristic 'In Death' crime series under which pen name?

Nora Roberts writes her futuristic 'In Death' murder mysteries as J.D. Robb, publishing her romance novels under her own name to keep the two apart.

Literature

Which bestselling horror author wrote several novels in the late 1970s and 1980s under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?

Stephen King's pseudonym Richard Bachman was nearly exposed when a bookstore clerk noticed identical typos in both authors' manuscripts.

Literature

Which Vladimir Nabokov novel was turned down by four publishers who feared obscenity charges before it was finally accepted?

Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" was rejected by four publishers before one finally accepted it, fearing obscenity charges that never materialized.

Literature

Which 17th-century English diarist wrote his famous personal diary in a shorthand code that took nearly 200 years to decipher?

Samuel Pepys encoded his diary in shorthand for 350 years until a Cambridge student finally deciphered it in the 1820s.

Literature

In Charles Dickens's 'Great Expectations,' what is the profession of the convict Abel Magwitch, who secretly becomes Pip's benefactor?

Dickens based the Australian convict-transportation subplot on a real government policy that sent over 160,000 British convicts to Australia between 1788 and 1868.