Pen name accepted by publishers and/or the public. Such is the case of Peru's Clarinda, whose work was published in the early 17th century. More often, women have adopted masculine pen names. This was common in the 19th century, when women were beginning to make inroads into literature but, it was felt, would not be taken as seriously by readers as male authors. For example, Mary Ann Evans wrote under the pen name George Eliot; and Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant, used the pseudonym George Sand. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë published under the names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell respectively.
Mary Ann Winkowski Mary Ann Winkowski Mary Ann Winkowski is a television personality whose claims of paranormal experiences are the basis for CBS's "Ghost Whisperer", on which she is also a paid producer. She currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio. Winkowski is often paid to attend funerals to help relatives allegedly have one last conversation with a loved one. Her books include "As Alive, So Dead" () and "When Ghosts Speak" (). The actor Jamie Kennedy, of Ghost Whisperer, said ""I really don't believe in all this ghost stuff. I'm just happy to be paid"." Winkowski and Kennedy have what Kennedy calls a