Pseudonym know that the books related to people of the neighbourhood. The Brontës used their neighbours as inspiration for characters in many of their books. Anne Brontë published "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" under the name Acton Bell. Charlotte Brontë published "Shirley" and "Jane Eyre" under the name Currer Bell. Emily Brontë published "Wuthering Heights" as Ellis Bell. A well-known example of the former is Mary Ann Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. Another example is Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, a 19th-century French writer who used the pen name George Sand. In contrast, some twentieth and twenty first century male romance
John Ellis Williams John Ellis Williams John Ellis Williams (20 August 1924 – 7 December 2008) was a Welsh novelist and writer, writing in both English and Welsh. Williams was born in Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, on 20 August 1924, and was from a farming family. In World War II he served with the Royal Air Force. After the war, his interest in the Existentialist movement led to him corresponding with Simone de Beauvoir and visiting her in Paris. As well as his novels, Williams wrote both fiction and non-fiction for various journals. His autobiography, "Clouds of Times and other stories", was published in 1989.