I keep a simple method that has worked really well and didn't require an special columns. It allows quick access to books under both names.
Simply create an empty book entry as below....I'm "Quoting" to indicate the name entry for this post.
Author: "_Pen Name" & "Name 1" & "Name 2" & "Name 3"
Title: _Pen (maybe a blurb about genre per name)
Tags: personal choice as to whether I include my genre tags there for that author.....I don't do this consistently, but doesn't matter in my library management.
So now..
- If I list Author Name 1, a listing will show as above in that list. I can easily click the Name 2 to see listings under that one and so forth... This really helps, especially with authors with many pseudonyms and minor name variations that metadata imports may commonly use...Dean Koontz is a good example of this.
- It's easy to add another pen to that entry if discovered.
- By putting the underscore "_" in front of Pen Name, it always shows at the top of my sorts by title or by author and jumps out at you.
NOTE: This method works well for many things including _FAVORITE Authors and just adding names to the entry. I have troubles with the user categories on this. So I went this direction and have loved it. Easy to click a name at any time while seeing listing for any one of them.