Same author, different pseudonym, radically different viewpoints?

[Andy_L]

@Teuton

Oh, is he out now?

Since the middle of 2015 or so What's in a Name? K.J. Parker, Revealed - Reactor

[Ukulele_Ike]

@cher3

Ruth Rendell wrote under that name when she published her detective series and mystery/thrillers. When she wanted to do something more “psychological” she used Barbara Vine.

I was the editor on four of Ruth’s books, as well!

I never thought the Rendell/Vine difference was anything as extreme as, say, Westlake/Stark. Try the Rendell A Judgement in Stone or The Bridesmaid or Heartstones for some really terrifying “psychological” shivers.

[Quartz]

@cher3

Ruth Rendell wrote under that name when she published her detective series and mystery/thrillers. When she wanted to do something more “psychological” she used Barbara Vine.

Possibly it’s because I’m not a fan, but that’s not really sufficiently radically different for me, and it’s a different style, not a different viewpoint IYSWIM.

Anyway, despite having mooted it in the OP, the lack of political authors so far is conspicuous.

[Chronos]

The closest I can come to a political example is liberal Stephen Colbert, who writes conservative material under the pseudonym Stephen Colbert.