Joyce Carol Oates
publication date: Saturday, May 17, 2008 (part of Round XXXIV)
category: 
Literature
clue: If she could enroll in her own classes at Princeton, would she go by Kelly Smith?
explanation: Oates was an author and Princeton professor who used the aliases Lauren Kelly and Rosamond Smith. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Amy Austin, Elliot Farney, Tony Peters, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, Shawn Brandt, Greg Bair, Jim Kraus, Allison Bair, and JB Brenner
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