More recently, women who write in genres commonly written by men sometimes choose to use initials, such as K. A. Applegate, C. J. Cherryh, P. N. Elrod, D. C. Fontana, S. E. Hinton, G. A. Riplinger, J. D. Robb, and J. K. Rowling. Alternatively, they may use a unisex pen name, such as Robin Hobb (the second pen name of novelist Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden).
more recently women who write in genres commonly written by men sometimes choose to use initials such as k a applegate c j cherryh p n elrod d c fontana s e hinton g a riplinger j d robb and j k rowling alternatively they may use a unisex pen name such as robin hobb (the second pen name of novelist margaret astrid lindholm ogden)