Brontë family "Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey", had launched a rumour that the three novels were the work of one author, understood to be Ellis Bell (Emily). George Smith was extremely surprised to find two gawky, ill-dressed country girls paralysed with fear, who, to identify themselves, held out the letters addressed to "Messrs. Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell". Taken by such surprise, he introduced them to his mother with all the dignity their talent merited, and invited them to the opera for a performance of Rossini's "Barber of Seville". Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" was published in 1847 under the masculine pseudonym Ellis
Mark Ellis (American author) Mark Ellis (American author) Mark Ellis is an American novelist and comic-book writer who under the pen name James Axler has written scores of books for the "Outlanders" paperback novel series and other books, as well as numerous independent comics series. Ellis became a full-time freelance writer in 1986. In 1980, he married Melissa Martin, a graphic designer and writer who serves as his business partner. In the mid-to-late 1980s Ellis worked as the primary writer for Adventure Publications' line of comic magazines, scripting such diverse titles as "Ninja Elite", "Warriors", "Netherworlds", and "Star Rangers", working with legendary comics artist