Author using a pseudonym (pen name) or screen name (MLA)

MLA-99

Beginning of works cited entries

Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty).

Pauline.

Complete works cited entries

Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty). “Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language.” QuickandDirtyTips.com, 21 May 2015, www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/lewis-carroll-he-loved-to-play-with-language.

Pauline. Comment on “Is This the End?” by James Atlas. The New York Times, 25 Nov. 2012, nyti.ms/1BRUvqQ.

Explain

  • Give the author’s name as it appears in the source (the pseudonym), followed by the author’s real name in parentheses.
  • If you do not know the author’s real name, use only the pseudonym.
  • See Comment on an online article for an explanation of the elements in the second example.