By Any Other Name
I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go before women and Black women writers are on a level playing field with their counterparts. One of the most successful authors of our generation, JK Rowling, developed a gender-neutral name in order for Harry Potter to appeal to boy readers. This happened before taking on the pseudonym Robert Galbraith in order to anonymously write crime ficti