Are there any mononymous authors?

[Mikhail B]

I am writing a book and i want to know whether or not I could publish it under a mononym.

 

[Alwenn]

' The American writer of non-fiction and fiction, Rodney William Whitaker (1931–2005), is best known for some novels that he wrote under the mononym pen name, "Trevanian." '

I've seen other examples, but this seems to be the most recent one (he died 4 years ago...). It's not a very common practice, but I'm sure you can do it. Thanks for asking the question; I hadn't even considered it, but if I ever do get published I'd want a penname, and a mononym, in my opinion, looks better on paper than some names.
Good luck on writing your book and getting published!

 

[washing machine]

the witer of the series of unfortunate events is mononymous he goes by the name lemony snicket. wich is entirely made up

 

[Kristin]

Push by Sapphire is the book that Precious is based on. Sapphire is a mononym.

OH yeah, and the kid's book writer Avi.