I don't think it's a matter of sexism so much as a matter of how an author name 'looks' on a book's cover. Look at J. R. R. Tolkein, C. S. Lewis or even G. K. Chesterton as examples - the use of an initial conveys more authority in the minds of some readers (or even in the mind of the author themselves).
I could not help thinking about the way that Joanne Kathleen Rowling's publishers shortened her name to JK to prevent readers realizing that this author of adventurous stories about two boys and a girl was a woman herself
I'm interested in knowing where that information came from as I'd thought Rowling had submitted the manuscript to agencies using JK Rowling, although signing the covering letters with her full name.
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Date: 2004-08-25 06:39 am (UTC)I could not help thinking about the way that Joanne Kathleen Rowling's publishers shortened her name to JK to prevent readers realizing that this author of adventurous stories about two boys and a girl was a woman herself
I'm interested in knowing where that information came from as I'd thought Rowling had submitted the manuscript to agencies using JK Rowling, although signing the covering letters with her full name.