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Originally Posted by mitford13
None of the articles I’ve seen cover that level of granularity, i.e., legal name change vs pen name. Does it matter? Is it any of our business? 
From the Guardian:
“According to the Times’ report, the cover of the next Reacher novel – in a series which is published by an imprint of Random Penguin House – will read: “Lee Child with Andrew Child”, in what has been interpreted as a possible sign of the publishing company’s nerves.” |
Given that it's a pen name, they have other options: bill it as "LEE CHILD'S JACK REACHER" or simply say nothing and pass it off as somebody else taking over the pen name, like Walter Gibson.
They're actually being reasonable and transparent.