• Sally James was the first of my pseudonyms, and one still used for my early Regencies published by Regency Reads (Belgrave House).
• All my novels are now published both as ebooks and in paperback, under my real name, apart from the Sally James titles.
• Why do authors have pseudonyms? In my case it was because, after writing novels set mainly in the seventeenth century, I began to write Regencies as well. Then I wrote contemporaries as Bridget Thorn, and when I was commissioned to write a novel for a different publisher, I had to have yet another, Donna Hunt. Then I wrote another for an American publisher as Vesta Hathaway.
• Other writers may feel their real name is difficult in some way, or is already the name of a famous author. So how do we select a pseudonym? I chose Sally James because these were my parents' names. Many authors use a maiden or family name. Bridget Thorn came from my confirmation name, and because we lived in an area called Thornhill. Donna Hunt was a twist on Huntingdon, the street where we then lived. When I wrote a short novella for an American publisher, I chose Vesta Hathaway, my great-grandmother's name, thinking the Shakespeare connection might appeal to Americans.

See my Sally James page for details of my Sally James Regencies