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About My Pseudonyms
John T. Cullen That is my 'real' name for English language purposes. My birth name is Jean T. Cullen, which you'll also see used as a pseudonym on rare occasions. Primarily, I use John T. Cullen for two purposes: (1) my big mystery/suspense and historical fiction; and (2) most of my nonfiction as a journalist. My nonfiction mostly deals with history and some science, plus some miscellaneous fun topics thrown in.
JOHN ARGO Most of my Speculative Fiction is under the pseudonym John Argo. That covers virtually all my SFFH plus a few suspense/mystery novels.
Why Argo? Sense of Wonder! My SF/Suspense Genre pseudonym John Argo involves a fascinating story. Argo was a mythological Bronze Age ship of wonder whose famous story archetypes are still being told, made into movies and TV series in our own age; and Argo Navis (Ship Argo) is/was the largest heavenly constellation of stars named by ancient astronomers. As we launched our exciting new Web publishing and pioneering adventure in 1996, I thought that the ancient sense of wonder from Jason and the Argonauts (literally, 'Argo-Sailors') applied well to the space age and the Internet Age. More on that soon—now you know why I chose Argo as my cognomen
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