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Q&A Do I need to get a pen name?

I'm a self-published author, who is going to get a traditional publishing contract. They say it's my choice, but I have a doubt. I have published a thriller novel, two mystery short stories, and a...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jade‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:05:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/42801
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jade‭ · 2019-12-08T11:05:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm a self-published author, who is going to get a traditional publishing contract. They say it's my choice, but I have a doubt.

I have published a thriller novel, two mystery short stories, and also YA and some children short stories. If I'm going to write in different genres like thriller, sci-fi, also screenplays, and do this in... let's say, in a different format. do I need to get another name for that?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-01T06:50:42Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 4