Liberated Ladies of Literature

Now that we’ve sprung ahead, I’ve decided to move my spring cleaning to the Blogosphere. Therefore, I’ll be doing giveaways from time to time.

This week the prize will be one of the various ARCs that I’ve been collecting. Provide the correct answers for the following in the comments.*

Can you match these pen names with these ladies’ real names?

1. Barbara Hamilton McCorquodale
2. Isak Dinesen
3 .George Sand
4. George Eliot
5. Toni Morrison

a. Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin
b. Mary Ann Evans
c. Chloe Anthony Wofford
d. Karen Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke
e. Barbara Cartland

Use the comments for your best bets. Answer correctly by Monday, March 16 at midnight, and you may be eligible to receive an ARC of Blindspot: A Novel by A Gentleman in Exile & a Lady in Disguise. (Adult content and situations, period language.)

I'll use the handy, unbiased Random Number Generator to pick a winner. No anonymous comments please!

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