Sir Walter Scott
沃爾特·司各特爵士(Sir Walter Scott)
Nicknamed “The Great Unknown,” Scott secretly published his wildly successful “Waverley” novels and, in so doing, helped forge the genre of historical fiction. He maintained anonymity for years, keeping his work a secret even from his own children, until financial pressures forced him to confess.
司各特綽號“偉大的無名氏”,他極為成功的小說《威弗利》(Waverley)等都是用這個名字出版的,它們為歷史小說這種類型奠定了基礎。他多年保持匿名,秘密寫作,連他的孩子們也不知道這回事,直到家中出現經濟壓力,他才被迫坦白交代。