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I would like to use my name as the author of a book but another author has the same name. Is there any bar to having more than one author with the same name?

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If the name is lawfully your name, you have the rights to use it and no intellectual property law can prevent you from doing so. You should however use your middle name or some other identifier in your name to distinguish yourself from the other author.

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