[Teresa Edgerton]

I know that was meant as a mere pleasantry, Marky, but it seems like the general reading public really does have some strange idea that everyone is writing under a pseudonym, whereas it's the exception not the rule.

I used to get quite testy when people asked me what name I wrote under, though I generally managed not to snarl at them or make any of the sarcastic remarks that came to mind. I thought they were either incredibly naive, or that it was a not-so-veiled way of saying, "If you're a writer, why have I never heard of you?" Which would also be naive, arising from the assumption that all writers must be rich and famous. So being asked that question always set my teeth on edge, and put me in a decidedly uncharitable frame of mind.

Now I can't help thinking of that Robin Williams line from Dead Again, "Thanks to Karma, the only cosmic law with a sense of humor ..."