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Birth name, legal name change, or pseudonym?[edit]
If an author uses a pseudonym, it should be noted; otherwise, it's a biographical article about a fictional person who writes but is under the control of an unidentified real person. "Genevieve Valentine" appears to be a psuedonym. Here is some evidence in her own words from her own websites where she writes about conversations with her parents and their reactions to her using a different name as a writer:
March 23, 2008: Genevieve Valentine (glvalentine) wrote, 2008-03-23 22:26:00 : "1. Parents ask me to tell them what I'm writing these days. 2. I tell them in vague terms. 2. They ask me to change my name. So, either I wait for that little furor to die down, or I'll have to change this blog title to Samantha Bustier. Stay tuned!"
April 26, 2008 Genevieve Valentine (glvalentine) wrote, 2008-04-26 19:16:00 "I guess that's a temporary pass on changing my name."
Feb 25 2009: Posted In Life, Writing [quoting her mother]. "She said, “That’s great! Under your real name?"
To clarify, I not saying there's anything wrong with using a pseudonym. Authors, actors, singers, etc., have been doing it since the beginning of time. If it's not noted, however, it begins to cross a line into helping perpetuate a hoax for commercial reasons because a sexier sounding name sells more, gets more attention. The name "Samantha Bustier" is likely a joke, as that is the name of a woman's lingerie item named after a character on the former HBO TV series "Sex and the City" played by Kim Cattrall. If her birth name or current legal name cannot be determined, then the intro should at least read: "Genevieve Valentine (born July 1, 1981) is the pen name [or pseudonym] of an American science fiction and fantasy writer. I may not visit this article or talk page again, so I just wanted to toss this out there in case anyone wants to pursue this further. Perhaps there are other author articles that can be used as a guide. 5Q5 (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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