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Originally Posted by EnterNameHere
For me, there's a difference between "author name" and "real name". For the purpose of my library, "J.K. Rowling" and "Robert Galbraith" are two different "authors" and I'll file them completely separately, regardless of them having been written by the same "real" person. Likewise "Iain Banks" and "Iain M. Banks" are different authors - it's irrelevant (to me) that they happen to be the same human being.
I am struggling with Chris Brookmyre, who is listed as "Chris Brookmyre" on some of his books, and "Christopher Brookmyre" on others. There doesn't seem to be any good reason for this...
Ahem - W.B. Yeats (who went to the same school as me, if not exactly at the same time) was certainly not a "UK author" - he was Irish!
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In my library I use the name listed on the book, then add in the author's true name. They can have any number of pseudonyms, but as long as I list a used pseudonym and the real name I can pull up instantly either the pseudonyms list, or every book the author has written in the library whatever name they used.
Galbraith, Robert & Rowling, J. K.
Unless some public library's have changed their old-style catalogs, it's normal to use whatever name is on the book along with notated referencing on the card.